A development of cognitive tools to enhance problem – Solving in basic microcontroller learning for electrical engineering students

Abstract

This research is in the area of research development. The authors focused on designing and developing cognitive tools to solve learning problems in a basic microcontroller class. The sampling of the research was 15 undergraduate students of Teacher Training in Electrical Engineering Department, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok. The analysis consisted of four development processes; 1. Theory and involved research papers, 2. Scope of the research analysis, 3. Cognitive tools design and development, and 4. Satisfaction evaluation from specialists and students. The evaluation results indicated that cognitive tools were useful for students to understand the microcontroller concepts and self-learning. The students were satisfied with the cognitive tools by giving 4.32/5.00 for average scores and 0.67 S.D. The cognitive tools obtained statistically significant at the 0.01 level for better learning achievement.