Description

This study evaluates STEM students’ preconceptions regarding Quality of Service (QoS) in telecommunications and networking with the goal of understanding the nature of these preconceptions to improve student learning in this discipline. In this study we explain the importance of identifying preconceptions with which students enter our classrooms and illustrate a mechanism successfully used in this identification process. Researchers have explained it incumbent on educators to address preconceptions in order to effectively change student beliefs1 . Analyzing the causes of these will allow teachers to instruct effectively from the start of the topic rather that lose time by re-teaching the material. As networks grow to handle increasing demands for capacity and QoS, telecommunications professionals are responsible for engineering and managing these networks. A solid understanding of factors that affect QoS is imperative and, as such, telecommunications networking instruction must be properly informed.

Date of creation, presentation, or exhibit

6-2016

Comments

Presented at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, LA, 2016

Document Type

Conference Paper

Department, Program, or Center

Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering Technology (CAST)

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

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