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Advances in Engineering Education
Using PBL to deliver course in Digital Electronics
ArchAnA MAntri
caa ise of Egeeg ad teoogy
Paaa, Pjab, ida
Dr. Sunil Dutt
naoa ise of tea teaes tag ise
cadga, ida
Dr. J.P. GuPtA
Jaypee ise of ifomao teoogy uvesy
noda, ua Pades, idaDr. MADhu chitkArA
caa ise of Egeeg ad teoogy
Paaa, Pjab, ida
ABSTRACT
Pblem Baed Leai (PBL) ha pe t be a hihly ucceful pedaical mdel i may
educatial eld, althuh it i cmpaatiely ucmm i techical educati. It e beyd
the typical teachi methdly by pmti tudet iteacti. Thi pape peet a PBLtial applied t a udeaduate Diital Electic cue i the Electic ad Cmmuicati
Eieei (ECE) pam at Chitkaa Ititute f Eieei ad Techly, afliated with
Pujab Techical Uieity (PTU), Idia. Al icluded i thi pape i the appach t dei
quaipeeded pblem f the PBL tial i thebaic Diital Electic cue ad it de-
liey. It al iclude the cmpai f the eult f the PBL ad taditial pedaie.
I. INTRODUCTION
caa ise of Egeeg ad teoogy (ciEt) s afaed w Pjab tea uve-
sy (Ptu), Jaada, ida. te Boad of Sdes (BoS)a g eve ommee of aademas a
e vesy devses ad dedes e sdy seme (m), syab ad e boad evaao
saegy fo e udegadae pogam EcE. A oo a e seme of s egeeg pogam
a e ofa webse of Ptu sows a e appoa s vey adoa, w a aef sg of
objeves ad ams of ea ose e m fo e ee/ oa ad paa os. i
aso ess ad deas e boad evaao saegy of e EcE pogam. i s a evome
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wee e oy meod o mpa ea edao s adoalee, toa ad Paa
(l/t/P) ad wee e afag vesy desbes e appoa o devey, s amos mpos-
sbe o ode ay oe pedagogy, wo povg e sefess of e ew appoa. i a
effo o faae e paadgm sf, e aos aed a sees of effos, o ode PBl fo e
oses degadae pogam of Eeos ad commao Egeeg (EcE), a ciEt.
te s of ese effos was e ose Aaog Eeos. Eoaged by e sess of
s a, e ess aeved [1, 2], ad by e sess of PBl oe sma oses esewee
e wod [35], aoe PBl ose was desged ad deveed fo e ose of Dga Eeo-
s (DE). ts pape desbes e syabs of e Dga Eeos oses, ss e exampes of
e qas-ope-eded pobems desged fo e ose, devey of e ose, e ompaso of
ess of bo of e pedagoges ad e feedba, gve by e sdes sppo of PBl.
II. SYLLABUS OF DIGITAL ELECTRONICS
As pesbed by e afag uvesye syabs of Dga Eeos (DE) e de-
gadae pogam of Eeos ad commao Egeeg oves e foowg ops:
a. nmbe Sysem ad Bay code
b. Mmzao of og fo
. combaoa log cs
d. Seqea cs
e. D/A ad A/D covees
f. Semodo Memoes
g. log Fames.
III. FORmATION OF ThE TwO ThREADS
i ode o oas e pedagoges ad ess, e ass of seod yea EcE (69 sdes) was
dvded o wo eadste PBl ead ad e tadoa ead.
(a) te fomao of e tadoa ead was qe adoa w e sdes sg e
assoom ows, fag e eae. te demaao of lee, toa ad Paa asses was
qe ea. te eae gave ee ee asses, made e sdes pae osed eded
pobems oa asses ad made e sdes do expemes e paa asses, a
ypa aboaoy se p.
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(b) te sdes PBl ead wee s ased o fom e gops w a mmm fo ad max-
mm ve sdes ea gop. te ass ad a abes, w as aod em ad a sbbe
boad paed e ee. te se-p s faaed eao ad dssso amog gops
[16, 17]. A sma bay was aso b e assoom. te sdes wee fee o se e iee o
e apops ad sea fo ay daa ad fomao eqed. tey od se smao sofwae
ad aboaoy eqpme e ass sef fo aevg ay paa eag objeves.
() te expeme was s oded w e ead ao esef as e faao. te same
expeme was epeaed e ex yea w a fes ba of 68 sdes, w e same se of
tea Pobems (tPs) b w a dffee seo eae as faao.
IV. TEAChING PEDAGOGY
(a) te eag pedagogy fo e tadoa ead oed o be adoa sg lee,
toa ad Paa asses, w e eae as Sage o Sage [6]. te eae made e lee
pa ad lab Paa o wse, ee wse, ab wse sede, fo devey of e woe syabs,
g fom owedge eve o e appao eve. Se aso deveed e ose aodae o
e same. te qas-ope-eded-pobems, as gve seo Vi, wee aged o moe osed-
eded-oes ad gve o e adoa gop fo pae, e oa asses. tese pobems
wee addo o may oe aaya qesos, w e sdes paed oa asses.
te ee ad oa sessos wee eaed ogo e semese. te oe devey
e lee asses was oe wayfom eae o sdes. howeve e sdes wee aowed o
wo gops, pae aaya pobems ad dsss e sses toa asses. te pae
sesso fo a paa op was aways afe e oep was deveed ad desood by e
sdes e lee asses. te paa sessos e lab asses ad objeves, aga, dee-
med by e pesbed sdy seme ad syabs of e afag uvesy ad e eae. A
a, ee was a ea demaao e lee, toa ad lab asses ems of e devey
of oe, wa e sdes pefomed ad e leag Objeves.
(b) Fo e PBl ead, ee was o sed pa ems of devey of oe. howeve e
eaeee, emed Faao - pepaed a ompee se of tea nodes ad leag Obje-
ves. A few exampes of tea nodes ad leag Objeves, eaed o e sbje ae:
Technical Nodes:
l Pepae abe of a Dempexe ad Mpexe.l iepe e abe of a Mpexe ad we e ageba eqao epeseg s
ombaoa .
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Learning Objectives:
l Sdes sod be abe o eogze e of a Dempexe ad pepae s abe.l Sod be abe o se Deode as Dempexe ad ve vesa.l Sod be abe o we e of a Dempexe ad a Mpexe ad se as a ompee
se.
te faao desged opeeded tea Pobems (tPs) ad go em aeaed by a
gop of seo eaes. We desgg tPs, ae was ae a e sope was boad eog so
a e sdes od aeve a e tea nodes ad leag Objeves e oepa,
we aempg o sove em.
Sdes gapped w ese fzzy tea Pobemsoe a a me, as gve e seo Vi
beow ad ed o desad e sope, sses ad oeps semmg fom o ee e tP
befoe aempg o defy e eag pos a wod gde em owads e fomao of
a evea espose [8] ( e fom of a eoy, ypoess, soo o agme).
tee was o demaao of lee, toa o Paa asses ad e oa me avaabe
fo e ose was dvded o sevea wo o PBl-sessos. te sdes deveoped a de-
sadg ad aso fod e soo o e tP we avesg e oepa spae, oveg e
ea odes ad aso eaed o wo eams. te oe of e eae was aged fom e
oe-devey-ma o a faao. te sdes woed o e tea Pobems, yg o
d o oe of e may possbe soos, deemg ad aevg e ow eoea ad
paa leag Objeves. te eae emaed ad woed as gde-by-sde, y ag
p e oe of a faao. Se aefy mooed ea ad evey sep of e gops ad emaed
awae of e pogess made by e gops. A mes, we e faao fe a a e sdes
eoeed e same d of boee, e faao ee deveed a sed ee o
aed po a e sdes o pefom e same expeme, so a ey od poeed fe.
Moode sofwae was sed fo oe sbmsso of assgmes ad peseaos fo bo e
eads ad aso o exed e dssso amog sdes eve beyod e assoom.
V. TImE ALLOTmENT AND EVALUATION PARAmETERS
te oa os pe wee, aoed o e sbje of Dga Eeos (DE), wee xed ad was
pededed by e vesy, e me aomes fo e PBl ead ad e tadoa ead
wee made paae as gve tabe 1. i e PBl sessos, e demaao of ee, oa ad
paa was emoved ad e sdes o oy deded e saegy, b aso maaged e
me o aeve e eoea ad paa leag Objeves.
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te seeo of sdes fo e PBl ead was y adom. Se e PBl ass od o
sppo a age sze, e mbe was med o 25. howeve, afe e a ae, some sdes
ef e ass ad ejoed e adoa gop ad e PBl ead was w 18 sdes e
s expeme ad w 21 sdes e ex ba.
te evaao ea of bo e eads wee maed as gve tabe 2:
Table 1. Time Allotment for PBL and Traditional threads.
Table 2. Evaluation Parameters of Traditional and PBL Groups.
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te exea eoy pape s se by e uvesy ad s a ombao of sbjeve ad obje-
ve ype qesos. te qesos ae opoaed, s a a e eves of Booms taxoomy
ae esed e pape.
Oe e eag pedagogy ad me dsbo wee paaeed fo bo e eads, e
ose was deveed o bo e gops, by e same eae.
VI. ThE TEChNICAL PROBLEmS (TP) DESIGNED FOR PBL ThREAD
te Qas-ope-eded tea Pobems (tPs) e PBl ead wee e sag pos
of e devey of e ose ad ee owedge oso. tese tPs wee aefy
famed dssso w seo eaes of e depame. We g saes fo eva-
ao fo PBl, s fod a say, e evaao saegy fo PBl s qe dffee fom
a of e adoa paes. B s ase, se e oe famewo of evaao was
a of e uvesy ad od o be aged, e tea Pobems famed s ev-
ome, od o be y ope-eded. howeve, ey wee boad eog so as o de
g e sdes mds ad we aempg e tPs, ey wee abe o avese ad
ove e eeva poos of e syabs. Some tea Pobems fom e woe se ae
sed beow:
TP 1:
A eeo eepoe exage s beg poweed by a oma powe sppy. howeve,
oog a e ay of e exage, a powe bap geeao s aso saed, w
a sppy powe ase of powe fae. A aam s o be desged. tee w be wo
lEDs (oe gee ad e oe ed) o e fo pae of e exage, s a e gee lED
gows we powe sppy s avaabe. i ase of fae of powe sppy, e exage daws s
powe fom a geeao, ad s ase, e gee lED goes OFF ad e rED lED gows. i
ase, e geeao aso goes dow, bo gee lED ad ed lED go OFF ad a bzze sas
gg dag a ee s a majo fae. Desg s oo fo bo e lEDs ad
e bzze.
l Dee depede ad depeda vaabes (a), (b) ad () above.l Deveop a maemaa expesso fo above ses of saemes.l tabae e above ses of saemes symboay by sg vaabes deed above, weeve
eqed.
l Sow e above ses of saemes poay.l Vefy yo ess paay.
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TP 2:
te ame ad log u of a ompe pefoms e ame ad og opeaos fo
e poesso. i s Alu a s o be desged, wee wo 4-b bay mbes ae o be
sbaed sg wos ompeme. Desg a ombaoa fo e same.
TP 3:
Yo ae epog fo dy yo s eve assgme as gadae aee e desg depa-
me of a eeos m. te foowg pobem as bee gve o yo:
A poo of e aseve eeos of e exage s deped e fom of bo dagam
as gve Fge 1.
Bo e exages ae fo 2 ses. Depedg o seeo es yo ave o desg ad es
e mpexe ad dempexe s e exage. Yo ave o d o e ommeay
avaabe ics fom a eas ee vedos ad pepae a BOM (B of Maea). Yo boss as gve
yo a me m of fo os o desg e same ad sbm e soo we fom.
te daa avaabe fom ses ae aaog fom.
TP 4:
(A) i a ompe, e ea poessg (cPu) wos as e ba. i o oy does e
aaos ad oga opeaos b aso aes ae of p ad op opeaos. i s a
geeazed opeao, ee ae eg deves a s poesso s adg. te abao s
gve beow tabe 3:
te poesso as a 6-b addess bs. Devse o a meod o geeae e po mbe of ea
i/O deves oe a a me, ad sed/eeve e daa.
Figure 1. Block diagram of the transceiver at an electronic exchange.
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(B) Befoe asmg aaog daa sg dga bs, e same s oveed o dga bs ad
eoded oo. Fo odg e daa, may odg semes exs. Oe of e eo deeg odes
s a eve pay ode, w yo ave sded eae. A e eeve, dga b seams ae beg
eeved. tey ae s passed og a 8-b sea o paae ovee. Befoe feedg em o
sbseqe poessg , e pay s o be eed a eo deeo. Desg e deeo
o pefom e desbed opeao.
VII. FACILITATING ThE PBL ThREAD, CONTRAST OF RESULTS
twey-oe sdes, wo eoed fo e PBl ead, wee ased o fame e gops. tey
wee gve odoy peseaos o oaboave eag, ode o pepae em fo e
ew eag expeee. tea-Pobem i was gve as e sag po of e PBl ass. te
eams wee e ased o fame e leag Objeves o e ow. te sdes od dede
oy some of e leag Objeves vey vagey (ey wee eve awae of a e sses voved
sovg a pobem) [7]. te faao, e, sppemeed e leag Objeves by addg
e emag oes, so as o mae a ompee se. havg a ompee se of leag Objeves
was a vey mpoa sep o deeme e deo of wo. tese leag Objeves, ,
wee mpoa dvg foes ad aed as gges owads e desed oome(s), we wog
owads e soo. A mes, e leag Objeves go added de ose, we e sea
fo fomao was s ogog. te gop membes e dsbed vaos ass amog em-
seves; e.g., sea fo fomao fom vaos esoes, ompe e daa, do aaos, pefom
expemes ad ay we p e wo doe ad pepae peseao. te gop membes wee
eoaged o oae e above ass amog emseves fo ea tea Pobem a ad. Fo
ea tea Pobem, e gop membes wee ased o ee a eam eade, wo wod seame
gs ad mae eessay desos o wo dsbo. te gop membes wee aso eoaged
Table 3. Devices to be connected to the CPU and the port numbers.
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o dsss e sses, dede e ow eoea, paa ad sofwae ams ad expoe og
e ow eag ad msaes. ts was doe by oos moog ad sg em o
eod ea eeva dg, ay msaes ommed ad e oeve ao ae. Oe ey
ad eaed e soo, ey wee aso ased o fame sma d of pobems ad defy ap-
pao aeas. A a, ey wee gded ad oeed by e wadeg faao wo wod
opmze e me ad eag ad aso eped em o daw osos so as o d e desed
soo. leag oo pae as e sdes eoeed sesses ad faes we expog.
te faao empaszed o s expoao voyage as m as eag e oe soo.
te Despve ad e AnOVA abes ae sow tabes 47. tabes 4 ad 5 sow moe spe-
ay e s expeme we e ao esef was e faao. tabes 6 ad 7 sow e
same ess w oa mbe of sdes as 131 ad as e Despves ad AnOVA vaes fo
bo baes ae ogee. te p-vaes ae ose o 0 a e ases (tabes 5 ad 7). te ge
vaes of Mea PBl gops ad smae vaes of Sadad devaos, exep ase of ow-
edge_es_soe_exea (tabes 4 ad 6), ae dave of e bee ess obaed ase of
PBl eads as ompaed o ose tadoa teads. te sx oes e daa, w pea
o sdes wo faed e oa_owedge_es_soe, ave bee exded fom e aayss.
Table 4. Descriptive of PBL and Traditional group for their Knowledge and Skill Scores.
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Table 5. ANOVA table showing p-values of various types of evaluation.
Table 6. Descriptives of PBL and Traditional scores of both the sets, with different
facilitators.
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i ode o gage e desg ad syess ss of e sdes, a sma poje was gve o a
e sdes e ass a e ed of e em. te sdes wee gve wo sepaae wed dg-
a s o bead boads, w a sge fa oded ea . te s gve wee
hexadema o Seve Segme deode ad a tee-b Asyoos coe.
te assessme poede of e s es ded dawg e by ag e oe-
os, defy e , mag e abe/sae abe, dg o e fas, efyg em
ad mag e s wo. A of e ompoes, ae ogee ad e mey ompeo of
e s es wee gaded o a sae of A11 o D. We PBl sdes wee aowed o wo e
gops, e sdes of e tadoa ead wee aso ased o oose e eammaes ad mae
e gops. A of em wee eqed o d a woabe soo o e poje a spa of fo
os. A eam of fo seo fay membes was e ased o evaae e pojes o a pedeed
saegy. ress sowed a fo of e ve gops fom e PBl ead wee gaded A11, we
oe gop was gaded B1. O e oay, oy wo gops of e tadoa ead od be gaded
A1, e es wee gaded beow B. ts es was a ea dao of bee ss aqed by e
PBl sdes, bo ems of wog gops ad paa owedge ad aby.
A qesoae, sow tabe 8, was aed o a e sdes e ass; tabe 8 aso
gves e smmazed ess.
Table 7. ANOVA table showing p-values for both the batches taken together.
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VIII. CONCLUSION
May saes of sg PBl sg ad meda seam ae ed [1215] e eae, b
oe ds vey few saes of sg e PBl appoa e wodwde egeeg m
eae [35, 911] ad oe no ida. Eve e pedagogy of eag ad e evaao s
deded by e uvesy. ts eaves vey e oom o empoy PBl vaos oses. By ag
p s sees of effos fo vaos oses e de gadae Eeos ad commao
Egeeg pogam, a qe way of egag PBl w e evaao saegy of uvesy,
as bee aed, mpemeed ad evaaed.
Aayss of e owedge es oded o e sdes by way of ed semese exams ad
ea we eoy papes sowed a e cass Mea was 64%. i aso sowed a we e
PBl sdes soed m bee e ea ompoe of e owedge es, ee was o
majo dffeee e exea ompoe, w e saes sgy g favo of e PBl s-
des. howeve, a emaabe dffeee was oed e s es ad espose o e ade
svey qesoae (tabe 4). te paa ss aqed by e sdes of PBl ead wee moe
a ose aqed by e sdes tadoa ead, as s ea fom e es of e s es
Table 8. Questionnaire and the student responses.
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oded a e ed of e semese. i was obseved a e sdes voay spe moe
me e PBl ass a ee tadoa ead oepas. ts fa a ave moe a oe
feee. if ae efeee o e sgy bee owedge es soes, s a mea a e
sdes PBl ad o sped moe me e ass o ave a bee owedge soe. O e oe
ad moe me spe e PBl ass a be abed o geae movaoa eve of e sdes
PBl. te espose o qeso 2 tabe 4 (Fge 2b) eay sows a bee desadg eve
fo e PBl ead. te espose o qeso 4 (Fge 2d) eeded a e moe qesog fom e
sdes as o wy e PBl sdes wee o as ode of pefomg we e exams. howeve,
o sasfaoy expaao od be obaed fom e sdes. if e esposes o qesos 3
(Fge 2), qeso 6 (Fge 2f) ad qeso 7 (Fge 2g) tabe 6, ae ay dao of e po-
dvy ems of leag Objeves, e sae deey s favo of PBl. te opyg abs
Figure 2(a). Response to the questionWhat was your satisfaction level with the tutor of
Digital Electronics?
Figure 2(b). Response to the questionHow condent are you that you would be able
to extrapolate the theoretical concepts and analytical skills learnt in DE to other subjects in
higher classes?
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Figure 2(c). Response to the questionOn an average how much time of the class did
you use effectively?
Figure 2(d). Response to the questionAre you condent of performing well in the
external exams?
Figure 2(e). Response to the questionDid you copy the assignments? (on a scale of
1 to 5)
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of e sdes fo assgmes, oweve, wee ompaabe bo PBl ad tadoa eads. A
a, w wo expemes doeoe Aaog Eeos [1] ad e oe Dga Eeos,
og e sampe szes wee sma, ad w eoagg ess obaed bo e expemes,
s eommeded a PBl be sed o wde bass. howeve befoe dedg o sw ove fom
e adoa meodoogy o PBl, moe sses e fay ag adg PBl asses, ad
e os fao, se e PBl ass ao ade age mbes, eed o be soed o s.
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Figure 2(f). Response to the questionDid you enjoy attending the classes of DE?
Figure 2(g). Response to the questionRate your practical skills in DE (Assembling the
circuits, wiring, troubleshooting, etc.)
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