Exploring the Skill Retention of Circuit Simulation Learning from the Perspective of Sustainability

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The purpose of this study is from the perspective of sustainability, from the three aspects of sustainability: environment, society, and economy, design an experimental course to compare the skill retention about three kinds of electronic circuit teaching methods in vocational school. The experimental samples are selected from the 2nd grade students of Department of Control Engineering, Taipei Municipal Nei-Hu Industrial Vocational School. They are divided into three groups for an 8-week teaching experiment. Traditional group (TRA group) uses traditional lecture and operation methods; the second group (DB group) uses Digital Breadboard simulation software to help construct electric circuit conception and actual operation; and the third group (TINA group) uses TINA Pro simulation software to carry out conception learning for electronic circuit and actual operation. The differences in the learning retentions are analyzed using statistical software SPSS 25. For the skill retentions of circuit theory learning, after three times of non-warning methods, the post-skills retention was evaluated. After the 14th day of the experimental course, TRA group and DB group were significantly better than TINA group; and on the 42nd day after the end of the experimental course, TRA group and DB group were significantly better than TINA group; and on the 28th day after the end of the experimental course, all TRA group, DB group, and TINA group were no differences in the three groups of retention. At the same time, from the perspective of sustainable education, the teaching and evaluation of this experimental course has also achieved the purpose of sustainability.