Teaching Control Theory: A Selection of Methodology Based on Learning Styles

Abstract

This research results from the need to establish a connection between educational methodologies and students’ learning styles so that students can understand concepts with a high level of abstraction, such as control concepts. For this, definitions for learning, learning styles and active educational methodology from an engineering perspective were proposed. Then, a review of the literature on the use of learning styles in engineering, specifically in the area of systems control, is also presented. Finally, a methodology with a laboratory approach, integrating active methodologies and a learning style model, to teach control concepts was proposed.

Keywords

• active methodology; control systems; engineering education; learning styles