Team-Based Learning in Electrical Engineering Classes

Alana de O. Ferro; Márcilio B. Fontes; Denisia de V. Mota; Vanessa S. de C. Texeira; Adson B. Moreira

doi:10.18618/REP.e202518

Authors

Alana de O. Ferro Universidade Federal do Ceará https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8854-7032
Márcilio B. Fontes Universidade Federal do Ceará https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5472-3966
Denisia de V. Mota Universidade Federal do Ceará
Vanessa S. de C. Texeira Universidade Federal do Ceará https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1862-6389
Adson B. Moreira Universidade Federal do Ceará https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1126-6192

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18618/REP.e202518

Keywords:

electric machines, direct current machines, three-phase transformer, teamwork, synchronous machine, active learning

Abstract

The Electrical Machines course requires dedication from students, which is essential for their professional qualification because several economic sectors such as industrial and commercial use electrical machines to drive loads. Aiming the training process of engineering students to encompass the development of technical skills, cognitive skills, and methodological skills, the National Curricular Guidelines (DCN) for Engineering courses in Brazil were revised and published to stimulate institutions to adopt active learning methods. This article presents the results of the Team-Based Learning application in the Electrical Machines Classes. In this research, the strategy was used to improve the learning of the students and develop collaborative work skills. From the analysis of the students’ grades obtained in the academic exams from 2010 to 2022 in the Electrical Machine Course of the Federal University of Ceará - Campus Sobral, the topics of Direct Current Machines, Three-phase Transformers, and Synchronous Machines were selected for applying the methodology in 2023. The result is the improvement and leveling of grades in the 2023 semesters.

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Author Biographies

Alana de O. Ferro, Universidade Federal do Ceará

Graduated in Electrical Engineering (2024) from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Sobral Campus. She served as a teaching assistant for the courses in Electromechanical Energy Conversion and Electric Machines (2022). Currently, she is a student in the Graduate Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PPGEEC) at UFC, with a research focus on power electronics, specifically in the area of energy efficiency in drive systems. Her areas of interest include energy efficiency, electric machines, and IoT.

Márcilio B. Fontes, Universidade Federal do Ceará

Graduated in Electrical Engineering (2024) from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Sobral Campus. He served as a teaching assistant for the courses in Electromechanical Energy Conversion and Electric Machines (2023). Currently, he is a student in the Graduate Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PPGEEC) at UFC, with a research focus on power electronics, specifically in energy efficiency in drive systems.

Denisia de V. Mota, Universidade Federal do Ceará

Graduated in Electrical Engineering (2021) from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), with a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering also from UFC, and currently pursuing a specialization in Electrical Projects and Renewable Energies. She was a researcher from 2018 to 2020 with the Ceará Foundation for Scientific and Technological Development Support (FUNCAP) and from 2021 to 2023. Additionally, she conducted research under the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). She has teaching experience in Higher Education in the subject of Electrical Machines. Her areas of interest include power generation, renewable energies, energy efficiency, power quality, and artificial intelligence.

Vanessa S. de C. Texeira, Universidade Federal do Ceará

Holds a degree in Electrical Engineering (2004) and a Master's degree in Power Electronics and Drives of Electrical Machines (2008) from the Federal University of Ceará. She obtained a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in 2018. She is currently an Associate Professor of the Electrical Engineering Course at the Federal University of Ceará – Sobral Campus. He has experience in the area of Electrical Engineering, working mainly on the following topics: Design of Electrical Machines, Variable Reluctance Electrical Machines, Electrical Machine Modeling Techniques and Energy Efficiency in Driving Systems. Is a member the Brazilian Society of Automation (SBA) and the Brazilian Association of Engineering Education (ABENGE).

Adson B. Moreira, Universidade Federal do Ceará

Holds a bachelor's degree (2003) and a master's degree in Electrical Engineering (2006) from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC). From 2007 to 2008 he served as a substitute professor in the Department of Engineering Electrical of UFC / Fortaleza-CE. From 2008 to the present, he has been working as an effective professor of the Electrical Engineering course at UFC / Campus de Sobral-CE. During the period from 2010 to 2012 he served as coordinator of the Electrical Engineering course, and as tutor of the Tutorial Education Program (PET/UFC) from 2010-2012 and 2020-2022. He obtained the title in 2017 PhD in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP). As of 2018, he becomes a permanent professor of the Program Graduate Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PPGEEC/UFC/Sobral-CE). From 2018 to 2020 he worked as a Research Productivity Fellow at the Ceará Foundation for Support to Scientific and Technological Development (FUNCAP). He has experience in area of Electrical Engineering, working mainly on the following topics: energy efficiency, electrical machines, power electronics, electric machine drives, active power filter and alternative sources of electric energy (wind generation, solar generation), quality of energy.

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