Impact of flight simulators on teaching and learning simulink in an aerospace engineering course

[EN] This paper presents the results of investigating two teaching approaches to students studying a course on Numerical Simulation in Aerospace Engineering. In one approach a group of students used Simulink only and in the second another group used Simulink and a physical flight simulator. The impa...

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Autores: Cifuentes Rodríguez, Jaime, Fernández Díaz, Ramón Ángel, Castejón Limas, Manuel, Alfonso Cendón, Javier
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2016
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de León
Repositório:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
OAI Identifier:oai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/20511
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/10612/20511
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Ingeniería aeroespacial
Flight Simulator
Rubric
Education
Simulink
Linear Discriminant Analysis
3301.10 Investigación y Pruebas de Vuelo
Descrição
Resumo:[EN] This paper presents the results of investigating two teaching approaches to students studying a course on Numerical Simulation in Aerospace Engineering. In one approach a group of students used Simulink only and in the second another group used Simulink and a physical flight simulator. The impact on students’ motivation and academic achievement was assessed by the use of hierarchical clustering and linear discriminant analysis. There were 42 undergraduate students split into two groups. The conclusion is that by using a flight simulator students enjoy to a larger extent the learning process and thus are more motivated and eventually obtain better marks.