Title
Flip-Flops in Students' Conceptions of State
Abstract
The authors conducted a qualitative interview-based study to reveal students' misconceptions about state in sequential circuits. This paper documents 16 misconceptions of state, how students' conceptions of state shift and change, and students' methodological weaknesses. These misconceptions can be used to inform and direct instruction. This study revealed a need for the development and adoption of standard terminology and a need to focus digital logic instruction upon a central concept of information encoding. In addition, these misconceptions will serve as the basis for the creation of standard assessments called concept inventories. A concept inventory will provide rigorous and quantitative metrics to assess the effectiveness of new teaching methods.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/TE.2011.2140372
IEEE Trans. Education
Keywords
DocType
Volume
methodological weakness,concept inventory,standard assessment,information encoding,standard terminology,qualitative interview-based study,direct instruction,central concept,digital logic instruction,state shift
Journal
55
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1
0018-9359
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.46
6
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Geoffrey L. Herman112325.37
Craig B. Zilles293294.74
Michael C. Loui337450.66