Vol.6, No.4, November 2017.                                                                                                                                                                   ISSN: 2217-8309

                                                                                                                                                                                                                eISSN: 2217-8333

TEM Journal

TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION, MANAGEMENT, INFORMATICS

Association for Information Communication Technology Education and Science

Subject-Spotting Experimental Method for Gen Z

Ioana Opriș, Victor-Eduard Cenușă

© 2017 Ioana Opriș, published by UIKTEN. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License. (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Citation Information: TEM Journal. Volume 6, Issue 4, Pages 683-692, ISSN 2217-8309, DOI: 10.18421/TEM64-06, November 2017.

Received: 30 July 2017
Revised: 27 August 2017
Accepted: 07 September 2017
Published: 27 November 2017

Abstract:

The technological changes along with the psychological and structural changes of the young generation (Gen Z) require adjustment of the educational methods. In this regard, the paper presents a way of explaining uncertainty of measurements by the use of experimental subject-spotting. The method consists in splitting – subject-spotting – a complex subject into small parts that require lower sustained attention and are easier to be understood and memorized. Each subject-spot uses the link between theory and practice, allowing multi-tasking behaviours. The focus is on obtaining quick results.
The practical application of experimental subject-spotting of uncertainty is based on the measurement of the water flow through a pipe by the method of time volume collection. The flow rate measurement represents the grounding for developing several experimental subject-spots that explain the uncertainty of analogue and digital readings, of repeated measurements, the level of confidence, expanded uncertainty and the propagation of uncertainty. The mathematical model and program, some final considerations and further reading suggestions open other directions of studying uncertainty, eventually covered by other subject-spots.

Keywords –experimental method, subject-spotting, uncertainty, flow rate measurement, Gen Z.

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