Reengineering Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Laboratories at Escola Politecnica, University of Sao Paulo

Brazilian engineering schools are under a strict program to reengineer their courses with the financial support of the federal agencies. At the electronic engineering department at the University of Sao Paulo, this process started by modifying the Basic Electricity and Electronic Laboratories. This...

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Main Authors Seabra, Antonio C, Consonni, Denise
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.08.1998
Subjects
Active Learning
Brazil
Computer Uses in Education
Electrical Engineering
Electricity
Engineering Education
Foreign Countries
Higher Education
Instruction
Laboratory Experiments
Undergraduate Study
Brazil
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Summary:Brazilian engineering schools are under a strict program to reengineer their courses with the financial support of the federal agencies. At the electronic engineering department at the University of Sao Paulo, this process started by modifying the Basic Electricity and Electronic Laboratories. This paper describes the new structure of these labs and the approaches taken in order to improve experimental engineering courses. After one year, various benefits resulting from these actions could already be observed: higher level reports, higher marks, less failures, and, above all, a great enthusiasm and interest that the new equipment and methodologies have risen in our students. (Author/YDS)