Development of Graphical Interface Simulator of Advanced Wastewater Treatment Design Process for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment

摘要

This paper presents the concept of check and balance approach in teach?ng, learningand assessment processes with the development of a graphical interface tool to solve an advancedwastewater treatment design problem. The developed graphical interface improves the quality ofteaching, learning, and the assessment of both, understanding the calculation approaches, as well asunderstanding the concepts. The tool acts as a calculator or a simulator of a unit converter, populationequivalent,designingseweragesystemsandselectedunitprocessesofadvancedwastewatertreatment.Aclose-endedsurveyassessmentwasconductedwithatotalof49respondentswhoweretheregisteredstudents for the subject of advanced wastewater treatment. About 79% of respondents agreed thatit was hard to score a high mark in the advanced wastewater treatment exam. However, 100% ofrespondents agreed that the tool could help them to accelerate their understanding of the subjecttopic. All things considered, the findings of this study show that the developed tool is a potential toolthat can aid in the teaching, learning, and assessment processes of any difficult subject that is taughtin higher-learning institutions.