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Racing Academy: Preliminary Findings

Racing Academy: Preliminary Findings. JISC Meeting Tuesday 20 th February. ME10004: Solid Mechanics. There were 122 males and 14 females The average age was 18 and ½ A 1st year unit in Mechanical Engineering. 80 diaries Two Focus groups. ME10004: Solid Mechanics.

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Racing Academy: Preliminary Findings

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  1. Racing Academy: Preliminary Findings JISC Meeting Tuesday 20th February

  2. ME10004: Solid Mechanics • There were 122 males and 14 females • The average age was 18 and ½ • A 1st year unit in Mechanical Engineering. • 80 diaries • Two Focus groups

  3. ME10004: Solid Mechanics • They were given a pre-test and post-test to measure how much they have learnt • They scored 7.7 (2.5) on the pre-test and 9.2 (2.8) • There was a significant improvement

  4. ME10004: Solid Mechanics • how much they enjoyed playing racing academy • Competence (I think I am pretty good at Racing Academy). • Effort (I put a lot of effort into Racing Academy). • Value (I believe Racing Academy could be of some value to me).

  5. ME10004: Solid Mechanics

  6. ME10004: Solid Mechanics

  7. ME10004: Solid Mechanics

  8. ME30067: Vehicle Dynamics • There were 15 (14 males and 1 female) students and they had an average age of 21 ½ • It was a third year unit. • They scored 2.7 (1.5) on the pre-test and 3.9 (1.7) on the post-test • There was a significant improvement

  9. ME30067: Vehicle Dynamics

  10. ME30067: Vehicle Dynamics

  11. ME30067: Vehicle Dynamics

  12. IMI Nationals: Motor Vehicle Engineering • There were 14 students, all male and they had an average age of 17. • They scored 21.4 (7.4) in the pre-test and 22.4 (5.5) in the post-test. • The students did improve but this improvement was not significant • 17 diaries and 1 focus group

  13. IMI Nationals: Motor Vehicle Engineering

  14. IMI Nationals: Motor Vehicle Engineering

  15. IMI Nationals: Motor Vehicle Engineering

  16. BTEC Motor vehicle engineering • There were 18 (17 males and 1 female) students • An average age of 19. • They scored 16.5 (4.6) in the pre-test and 20.33 (5.5) in the post-test. • There was a significant improvement • 18 diaries and 1 focus group

  17. BTEC Motor vehicle engineering

  18. BTEC Motor vehicle engineering

  19. BTEC Motor vehicle engineering

  20. Penwith AS/A levels • There were 18 (17 males and 1 female) • An average age of 19. • They scored 16.5 (4.6) in the pre-test and 20.33 (5.5) in the post-test. • There was a significant improvement • 13 Diaries and 1 focus group

  21. Penwith AS/A levels

  22. Penwith AS/A levels

  23. Penwith AS/A levels

  24. Next Step • Analyse the student focus groups • Interview the Lecturers • Using the analytical framework to investigate the institutional impact of the project.

  25. Dissemination • E-Learning workshop – Wednesday 18th April Barnfield Technical College • Paper accepted at EARLI 2007: August 27th -29th • USING COMPUTER GAMES AS TOOLS FOR LEARNING – ThisIsCornwall • South West Regional Centre Conference – June 21st

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