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dc.contributor.authorHyland, Tomás
dc.contributor.authorBuckley, Jeffrey
dc.contributor.authorSeery, Niall
dc.contributor.authorPower, Jason
dc.contributor.authorGordon, Seamus
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-02T15:31:07Z
dc.date.available2020-06-02T15:31:07Z
dc.date.copyright2018
dc.date.issued2018-06
dc.identifier.citationHyland, T., Buckley, J., Seery, N., Power, J. R., Gordon, S. (2018). Investigating the relationships between spatial ability, interest, and task experience on knowledge retention in engineering education.PATT36. Pupils’ Attitudes Towards Technology Conference. 18-21 June. Athlone Institute of Technology, Athlone, Ireland, pp.263-269.en_US
dc.identifier.otherConferences - Technology Education Research Groupen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://research.thea.ie/handle/20.500.12065/3279
dc.description.abstractSpatial ability has been established as having a significant effect on performance and subsequently on retention in engineering education. However, the cause for this phenomenon is not yet fully understood. Based on previous findings, it is posited that spatial ability has an effect on the students’ capacity to acquire knowledge. This study aspired to investigate this from the perspective of knowledge retention in an authentic engineering education environment. A cohort of first year undergraduate engineering students (n = 83) voluntarily participated in this study. Three psychometric tests of spatial ability were administered to the cohort. After eight weeks, this was followed by an experimentally designed lecture on novel foundational engineering content and an associated retention test with perceived task experience and interest measured through 9-point Likert-type items. Results suggest that interest and spatial ability have an effect on knowledge retention, however no effect was observed between retention and task experience other than of perceived difficulty. A discussion is presented describing the implications of this study for future research.en_US
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dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTERGen_US
dc.relation.ispartofPATT36 International Conference: Research and Practice in Technology Education: Perspectives on Human Capacity and Development. 36th International Pupils' Attitudes Towards Technology Conference.en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/*
dc.subjectEngineering educationen_US
dc.subjectSpatial abilityen_US
dc.subjectLearningen_US
dc.subjectRetentionen_US
dc.titleInvestigating the relationships between spatial ability, interest, and task experience on knowledge retention in engineering education.en_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
dc.description.peerreviewyesen_US
dc.identifier.conferencePATT36. Pupils’ Attitudes Towards Technology Conference. 18-21 June. Athlone Institute of Technology, Athlone, Ireland
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8292-5642
dc.identifier.orcidps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4199-4753
dc.rights.accessOpen Accessen_US
dc.subject.departmentTERGen_US


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