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Ability levels, implicit theories of intelligence, cognitive load, and fluid intelligence: an exploration into the correlation between spatial ability and STEM education.
Buckley, Jeffrey (ResearchED, 2018-03-10)Decades of empirical evidence demonstrates the correlation between spatial ability and STEM education. However, a causal relationship is yet to be confirmed. This talk will present empirical data concerning this relationship ... -
Adaptive comparative judgement: a mechanism to enrich and enhance assessment practices to support teaching and learning.
Buckley, Jeffrey; Doyle, Andrew; Hartell, Eva; Seery, Niall (2017)One of the most fundamental and challenging aspects of pedagogical practices is assessment of student learning. Assessment mechanisms are adopted in response to a variety of agendas, such as providing a summative ‘grade’ ... -
Addressing the complexity of spatial teaching: a narrative review of barriers and enablers
Bufasi, Ergi; Lin, Ting Jun; Benedicic, Ursa; Westerhof, Marten; Mishra, Rohit; Namsone, Dace; Dudareva, Inese; Sorby, Sheryl; Gumaelius, Lena; Klapwijk, Remke M.; Spandaw, Jeroen; Bowe, Brian; O'Kane, Colm; Duffy, Gavin; Pagkratidou, Marianna; Buckley, Jeffrey (Frontiers, 2024-03-27)Extensive research has established that spatial ability is a crucial factor for achieving success in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). However, challenges that educators encounter while teaching ... -
Agendas, influences, and capability: perspectives on practice in design and technology education.
Doyle, Andrew; Seery, Niall; Canty, Donal; Buckley, Jeffrey (Springer, 2019)A philosophical shift in policy now situates the development of technological capability as the focus of Irish technology education. Internationally, the effectiveness of curricular reform in the discipline has previously ... -
Arbeta med komparativ bedömning (Working with comparative assessment).
Hartell, Eva; Buckley, Jeffrey; Gumaelius, Lena; Doyle, Andrew; Seery, Niall (Skola och Samhälle, 2018-04-26)Comparative assessment has been found to provide high reliability when evaluating open data and has received a lot of positive attention in, for example, Ireland, the UK, the US and Belgium. There are so far quite a few ... -
Assessing design activity in engineering education: a proposed synthesis of adaptive comparative judgement and the CDIO Framework.
Hyland, Tómas; Buckley, Jeffrey; Gordon, Seamus; Canty, Donal (ASEE, 2018)One of the leading frameworks in engineering education specifically associated with design based competencies is the CDIO framework. This has been incorporated internationally into many institutions offering engineering ... -
Assessing visual perception in virtual reality environments.
Buckley, Jeffrey; Phelan, Joseph; Seery, Niall; Canty, Donal (University of Limerick, 2016-09)Recent trends in cognitive psychology have highlighted the significance of the situated context with which individuals must carry out cognitive processes. Understanding the cognitive and biological mechanisms which permit ... -
An assessment of the transparency of contemporary technology education research employing interview-based methodologies
Buckley, Jeffrey; Adams, Latif; Aribilola, Ifeoluwapo; Arshad, Iram; Azeem, Muhammad; Bracken, Lauryn; Breheny, Colette; Buckley, Ciara; Chimello, Ismael; Fagan, Alison; Fitzpatrick, Daniel P.; Herrera, Diana Garza; Gomes, Guilherme Daniel; Grassick, Shaun; Halligan, Elaine; Hirway, Amit; Hyland, Tómas; Imtiaz, Muhammad Babar; Khan, Muhammad Bilal; Lanzagorta Garcia, Eduardo; Lennon, Paul; Manaf, Eyman; Meng, Jing; Sufian, Mohd Sufino Zuhaily; Moraes, Adrielle; Osterwald, Katja Magdalena; Platonava, Anastasia; Reid, Clodagh; Renard, Michèle; Rodriguez-Barroso, Laura G.; Simonassi-Paiva, Biana; Singh, Maulshree; Szamk, Tomaz; Tahir, Mehwish; Vijayakumar, Sowmya; Ward, Cormac; Yan, Xinyu; Zainol, Ismin; Zhang, Lin (Springer, 2021-08-20)A high level of transparency in reported research is critical for several reasons, such as ensuring an acceptable level of trustworthiness and enabling replication. Transparency in qualitative research permits the ... -
Balancing curriculum intent with expected student responses to designerly tasks.
Buckley, Jeffrey; Seery, Niall (Design and Technology Education: An International Journal., 2018-02)Design activities form an extensive part of design and technology education with a link being posited within the pertinent literature between the cognitive activity of learning and the cognitive activity of design. It ... -
Bedömningsexempel och sambedömning med hög reliabilitet (Worked examples and collaborative assessment with high reliability)
Hartell, Eva; Canty, Donal; Seery, Niall; Doyleq, Andrew; Buckley, Jeffrey (Skolforum, 2017-10) -
Blending immersive and educational technologies to inform sustainability and diversification of workforce training through machine interface learning using sterilization technologies as model - quo vadis?
Murray, Niall; Buckley, Jeffrey; Seery, Niall; Rowan, Neil J. (2019-06)The healthcare products market is a diverse market supplying critical care products ranging from pharmaceutical products to biologics to medical devices. The regulation and best practices associated with the manufacture ... -
Comparative judgement: an overview
Hartell, Eva; Buckley, Jeffrey (Springer, 2021-05-30)There is a growing demand for the use of digital tools in assessment. Few approaches show innovative benefits beyond being logistical aids. Comparative judgment (CJ) has the potential to enhance educational practices by ... -
A comparison of Swedish and Irish secondary students' conceptions of engineers and engineering using the draw-an-engineer test
Buckley, Jeffrey; Gumaelius, Lena B.; Hyland, Tomás; Seery, Niall; Pears, Arnold Neville (ASEE, 2019-06)Women are significantly underrepresented in engineering and engineering related disciplines. One area where this is clearly illustrated is in the percentage of females enrolled in higher education engineering courses. The ... -
A conceptual framework for assessment of learning in technology classroom based assessments
Canty, Donal; Seery, Niall; Buckley, Jeffrey; Dunbar, Rónán (Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus, 2021-04-26)The technology education curriculum in Ireland has gone through significant reform with the introduction of four new subject specifications at lower secondary school level. These new technology subjects were implemented ... -
Considering the relationship between research and practice in technology education: a perspective on future research endeavours.
Seery, Niall; Kimbell, Richard; Buckley, Jeffrey; Phelan, Joseph (Design and Technology Association, 2019-07)Technology subjects are a relatively recent addition to the discipline offerings at postprimary level, and have a short but interesting history in terms of associated educational research. In this paper, an overview of ... -
Curriculum development in technology teacher education: integrating epistemology, pedagogy and capability.
Dunbar, Ronan; Buckley, Jeffrey; Seery, Niall (PATT, 2019)Technology education continues to establish itself internationally as a primary contributor to a broad and balanced curriculum that prepares students for the technological age that we are living in. It is critical that ... -
Developing a methodological approach to measure cognitive load during complex problem solving.
Reid, Clodagh; Kieghrey, Conor; Dunbar, Rónán; Murray, Niall; Buckley, Jeffrey (Technology Education Research Group, 2019-06)Problem solving is an important element of engineering and technology disciplines and spatial ability contributes to learners’ success in problem solving in these areas (Wai, et al., 2009). As excessive cognitive load ... -
Developing a spatial ability framework to support spatial ability research in engineering education.
Seery, Niall; Buckley, Jeffrey; Delahunty, Thomas (REES, 2015-08)The association between high levels of spatial cognition and success in a number of engineering and technological fields is widely acknowledged within the pertinent literature. There is a now a need for further investigation ... -
Digital badges for initial technology teacher education: a method for grading explicit soft skills.
Seery, Niall; O'Connor, Adrian; Canty, Donal; Buckley, Jeffrey (Irish Learning Technology Association, 2015-05)Soft skills encompass personality traits, social graces, communication, language, personal habits, friendliness, and optimism that characterise one's relationships with other people. Soft skills complement hard skills, ... -
Editorial: current perspectives on the value, teaching,learning, and assessment of design in STEM education
Buckley, Jeffrey; Hartell, Eva; Blom, Nicolaas (Frontiers, 2023-08-01)Despite the value that design methodologies have as a vehicle for learning science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)-related subject matter, their integration into STEM curricula remains a burgeoning ...