The Study of Learning Achievement using MIAP Learning Model with Demonstration Set and Simulation on Electric Drive and Servo System Subject

Abstract

The electric drive is essential to the industry because it controls the motor used for rotation power machine work. The study on the electric drive's control always employed the complex equation to describe the control work. The researcher studies the model of MIAP integration with the D.C. motor control and simulating work-integrated learning. The purposes of this research aim to 1) compare the learners' learning achievements by using the model of MIAP integration with the D.C. motor control and the simulation control with the learners' leanings by using PowerPoint presentations and handouts, and 2) study the satisfaction of learners through the model of MIAP integration with the D.C. motor control and the simulation control. The research is conducted by studying the problems of the electric drives and the servo system courses. The researcher designs and develops the motor simulation control, handouts, power points, worksheets for the motor simulation control, a 20-item achievement test, and a questionnaire to measure learner satisfaction. The contents are divided into four learning units, covering mathematical models of the D.C. motor control, P controller, P.I. controller, and PID controller. The motor control simulation, power points, and handouts are presented to 5 experts to evaluate the appropriateness of applying them in the instructions found that it is at a high level (mean 4.17 and S.D. 0.963), including IOC of the achievement test shown that the IOC is congruent to the purposes of the achievement test at 0.4 – 1.0. In addition, the achievement test is taken to test with 37 learners who enroll in the electric drives and the servo system courses. The 18-learner experimental group applied the MIAP integration model with the D.C. motor control and the simulating work-integrated-learning handouts, PowerPoint presentations, and worksheets for the motor simulation control with the 19-learner control group who applied with the PowerPoint presentations and the handouts. The t-test showed that the mean achievement test score of the experimental group is significantly higher than the control group at .05. It means that the model of MIAP integration with the D.C. motor control and the simulating work-integrated learning, including worksheets of the motor simulation control, helps learners' learnings more effectively than normal model learnings. Moreover, the satisfaction results of learners toward the model of MIAP integration with the simulation set and the worksheets of the motor simulation control is at a high level (mean 4.31 and S.D. 0.728 based on Likert rating scales.)