What is Troubleshooting

Instructors, professors, and lecturers are always seeking to provide students with real-world experiences that provide hands-on instruction, particularly in technical, engineering, and professional education environments. Many barriers to providing realistic project-oriented classroom experiences include safety, overall cost, procurement of necessary laboratory components, and available physical space. The study conducted analyzed the two randomly sampled student groupings of digital experiences and real-world experiences at a midwestern university, with groupings named traditional hands-on lab and MultiSim, respectively. Grouping 1 utilized digital labs simulations utilizing MultiSim while Grouping 2 used the traditional form of physical labs. The analysis did not indicate a statistically significant difference in student performance between groups using MultiSim (M=26.38, SD=14.527) and students using traditional hands-on methods (M=21.39, SD=16.284) t(45)=-1.11, p=.274. Implications, and recommendations are featured to provide context.