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DOI: 10.15507/1991-9468.087.021.201702.322-343
THE SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF DESIGNING COMPUTER-BASED TUTORS FOR FUTURE ENGINEERS IN NUMERICAL METHODS STUDYING
Svetlana V. Novikova
Professor, Chair of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Kazan National Research Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev-KAI (10 K. Marks St., Kazan 420111, Russia), Dr.Sci. (Engineering), Scopus ID: 55355243900, Researcher ID: В-6505-2017, ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8207-1010, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Sergey A. Sosnovsky
Chief Researcher of the Department of e-learning technologies, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) (3 Stuhlsatzenhausweg, Saarbrücken 66123, Germany), Ph.D. (Engineering), ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8023-1770, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Rouzilya R. Yakhina
Associate Professor, Chair of Foreign Languages, Kazan National Research Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev-KAI (10 K. Marks St., Kazan 420111, Russia), Ph.D. (Philology), ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7371-064X , This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Natalia L. Valitova
Associate Professor, Chair of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Kazan National Research Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev-KAI (10 K. Marks St., Kazan 420111, Russia), Ph.D. (Engineering), ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8408-1885, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Elmira Sh. Kremleva
Seniour lecturer, Chair of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Kazan National Research Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev-KAI (10 K. Marks St., Kazan 420111, Russia), ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0858-0575, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Introduction: the paper considers the topical problem of teaching students – future engineers – by computational methods of mathematics. The focus is on developing students̓ necessary professional competencies. Competencies are described in accordance with the Russian Federal State Educational Standard and the international standard by the European Association for Engineering Education SEFI. In order for students to thoroughly study the subject and have a strong professional competence, it is proposed to use a computer-based tutor. The aim of this research is to develop the special methodology of creating the computer-based tutors for teaching mathematical and engineering disciplines to students of technical specialties within the framework of a competence-oriented approach, to compare the effectiveness of classical teaching computational methods by using manual calculations, and training with the involvement of computer-based tutors. The advantages of computer-based tutors were proved in this paper.
Materials and Methods: the basis of the research was methods of system analysis and descriptive and analytical methods, primarily experimental. To identify advantages of the proposed approach the methods of empirical research were used (observation and comparison). To prove the efficiency, classical methods of measurement were used.
Results: based on the competence approach, a methodology of creating a computer tutor has been developed. It covers most the professional competencies that need to be studied. Also, students are guaranteed to receive the necessary competencies in the right sequence. The research showed that the use of specially designed software, such as Computer-based tutors, in the process of mathematical methods studying connected with the computational procedures allows us to achieve: on the one hand, deep digestion by students (as in using manual calculations), on the other hand to accelerate learning process and increase students motivation. As a result of pedagogical experiment on the use the computer-based tutors the progress in studies has been recorded: the percentage of positive ratings increased from 65 to 88 %. Also, the motivation of students to study mathematics was increased by 12 percent on average.
Discussion and Conclusions: the methodology of creation and use of computer-based tutors has high practical significance and allows increasing the effectiveness of teaching mathematics within the competence approach for students of technical specialties. The use of the interactive computer-based tutors focused on mastering professional competencies, is effective for studying mathematical and engineering disciplines by students of technical universities. In particular, a positive effect has been achieved with the introduction of computer-based tutors in the educational process of Kazan National Research Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev-KAI, Kazan, Russia (the University is aimed at training engineers-designers for aerospace industry), Saarland Technical University, Saarbrucken, Germany (the University is focused on training IT engineers), and a number of other Russian and foreign technical universities.
Keywords: professional competencie; numerical method; computer-based tutor; manual calculation; computer-based training
For citation: Novikova S.V., Sosnovsky S.A., Yakhina R.R., Valitova N.L., Kremleva E.Sh. The specific aspects of designing computer-based tutors for future engineers in numerical methods studying. Integratsiya obrazovaniya = Integration of Education. 2017; 2(21):322-343. DOI: 10.15507/1991-9468.087.021.201702.322-343
Contribution of the authors: Svetlana V. Novikova ‒ scientific supervisor of the project. Sergey A. Sosnovsky ‒ developed the training trajectory and evaluated the results of the program-tutor introduction in the educational process. Rouzilya R. Yakhina ‒ made a significant contribution to the translation of the text into English. Natalia L. Valitova ‒ participated in the development and technical support of the computer-based tutor. Elmira Sh. Kremleva ‒ actively participated in the implementation of the computer-based tutor in the learning process.
All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
