Factor of Feedback Control System Laboratory Learning's Problem in Undergraduate Program: A Case Study of Department of Teacher Training in Electrical Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok

Abstract

Experiment in Feedback Control System Laboratory is one of the important parts for electrical engineering education to develop the students' skills needed to solve the real work problems of the industrial control systems. The study of the students? learning achievement of the subject of Feedback Control System Laboratory in the academic year 2010 and 2011 has found that the percentages of students who have grade "I" are 34.0 and 27.1, respectively. By this point, there has question that "What are problems for leaning in this subject?" Consequently, the main objective of this research paper is to investigate the factor resulting in problems of learning in Laboratory of Feedback Control System. A case study of the Department of Teacher Training in Electrical Engineering, King Mongkut?s University of Technology North Bangkok is proposed. For the Feedback Control System Laboratory in academic year 2011, the surveys of 75 of undergraduate students are performed by using the questionnaires to collect the data. The results show that the students? knowledge is the main factor affecting on the students' laboratory learning which corresponding to the teacher's comment that students lack the skill of the basic theory supporting the experiments.