Development and Evaluation of Hands-on Learning Materials for Developing Ability to Design Regarding Electric and Electronic Circuits

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K14206
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 09040:Education on school subjects and primary/secondary education-related
• Research Institution: Fukuoka University of Education
• Principal Investigator: ISHIBASHI Tadashi 福岡教育大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (80802842)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 技術教育 / 工業教育 / 概念理解 / 電気回路 / 電子回路 / 回路設計 / 設計力 / ハンズオン

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to research the students’ ability to circuit design and develop teaching materials regarding electric and electronics circuit in technology education. According to the result of the survey, it was found that the concept of connection functions as the basis of circuit design ability. In addition, the placement and rotation of parts on the circuit diagram changes the difficulty of students’ understanding. Therefore, there was a need to develop teaching materials for beginners that could be assembled in the same layout as the electric circuit diagram. I focused on the function of conductive tape and developed the hands-on teaching materials. It was shown that the teaching materials can be used for elementary school students and junior high school students.

Free Research Field

教科教育学（技術科教育学，工業科教育学）

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

初学者を対象とした回路設計学習において，これまで学習者の認知的特徴や学習方略が十分に議論されていなかった。本研究では，設計学に基づき生徒の実態把握を行うことで回路設計に重要な概念を明らかにするとともに，学習に効果的な教材を提案した。開発教材は初学者（児童・生徒）に対して適切なレベルであることが実証され，かつ安価に構成できるため，今後の学校教育における回路設計学習教材のひとつの選択肢になり得ると考えられる。