Readability of amplitude modulation (AM) transmitter and receiver laboratory manual / Mohd Shahrul Ridzuan Zana Abidin

Engineering students in university generally have laboratory session which is related with their subject in that particular semester. UiTM FKE Communication students are all required to par take a laboratory session regarding AM transmitter and receiver. A study by Mohamad and Hamizan (2011) suggest...

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Main Author: Zana Abidin, Mohd Shahrul Ridzuan
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spelling my-uitm-ir.681132023-08-17T02:30:02Z Readability of amplitude modulation (AM) transmitter and receiver laboratory manual / Mohd Shahrul Ridzuan Zana Abidin 2012 Zana Abidin, Mohd Shahrul Ridzuan Laboratory manuals. Testing of soils. Measurements Engineering students in university generally have laboratory session which is related with their subject in that particular semester. UiTM FKE Communication students are all required to par take a laboratory session regarding AM transmitter and receiver. A study by Mohamad and Hamizan (2011) suggest that many students fail to understand the laboratory manual. In the research, a 15 items questionnaire was developed and administered to 66 Electrical Engineering (Communications) students. Further analysis indicates that many students not read the laboratory manual prior to laboratory sessions. In addition, the results indicate that 49.5% of student that did read the manual but failed to understand the lab sheet instructions. Both parametric and non-parametric analyses have yield unequal distribution in reading and understanding the lab sheet, thus implying a disparity in distribution between reading and understanding the lab sheet. Following this, there are ongoing efforts to improve the current AM transmitter and receiver lab sheet. Previous research indicate that the lack of procedure, the structure of the manual lab and the complexity of the words or phrase using in manual are the main factor students don't seem to understand the lab. By using readability software's, the readability factor can be identified. It is hoped that with review made on the manual, the student will find it easier to read and understand the laboratory as a whole. 2012 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/68113/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/68113/1/68113.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Electrical Engineering Hussin, Mohamad Fahmi
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language English
advisor Hussin, Mohamad Fahmi
topic Laboratory manuals
Testing of soils
Measurements
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Testing of soils
Measurements
Zana Abidin, Mohd Shahrul Ridzuan
Readability of amplitude modulation (AM) transmitter and receiver laboratory manual / Mohd Shahrul Ridzuan Zana Abidin
description Engineering students in university generally have laboratory session which is related with their subject in that particular semester. UiTM FKE Communication students are all required to par take a laboratory session regarding AM transmitter and receiver. A study by Mohamad and Hamizan (2011) suggest that many students fail to understand the laboratory manual. In the research, a 15 items questionnaire was developed and administered to 66 Electrical Engineering (Communications) students. Further analysis indicates that many students not read the laboratory manual prior to laboratory sessions. In addition, the results indicate that 49.5% of student that did read the manual but failed to understand the lab sheet instructions. Both parametric and non-parametric analyses have yield unequal distribution in reading and understanding the lab sheet, thus implying a disparity in distribution between reading and understanding the lab sheet. Following this, there are ongoing efforts to improve the current AM transmitter and receiver lab sheet. Previous research indicate that the lack of procedure, the structure of the manual lab and the complexity of the words or phrase using in manual are the main factor students don't seem to understand the lab. By using readability software's, the readability factor can be identified. It is hoped that with review made on the manual, the student will find it easier to read and understand the laboratory as a whole.
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title Readability of amplitude modulation (AM) transmitter and receiver laboratory manual / Mohd Shahrul Ridzuan Zana Abidin
title_short Readability of amplitude modulation (AM) transmitter and receiver laboratory manual / Mohd Shahrul Ridzuan Zana Abidin
title_full Readability of amplitude modulation (AM) transmitter and receiver laboratory manual / Mohd Shahrul Ridzuan Zana Abidin
title_fullStr Readability of amplitude modulation (AM) transmitter and receiver laboratory manual / Mohd Shahrul Ridzuan Zana Abidin
title_full_unstemmed Readability of amplitude modulation (AM) transmitter and receiver laboratory manual / Mohd Shahrul Ridzuan Zana Abidin
title_sort readability of amplitude modulation (am) transmitter and receiver laboratory manual / mohd shahrul ridzuan zana abidin
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
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publishDate 2012
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/68113/1/68113.pdf
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