VR improves motivation and performance of civil engineering students in a concrete structures course compared with traditional 2D drawings¶

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q2 i? VR significantly improved the motivation and performance of second-year civil engineering students in a concrete structures course compared to traditional 2D drawings. → Zia Ud Din 2024

Evidence¶

Zia Ud Din 2024¶

Zia Ud Din, Payam Mohammad, Rachael Sherman. (2024). A systematic review and analysis of the viability of virtual reality (VR) in construction work and education. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5059219

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The review reports, citing Al-Khiami et al., that VR "significantly improved the motivation and performance of second-year civil engineering students in a concrete structures course" versus 2D drawings. No effect size is printed.

"Al -Khiami et al. [28] found that virtual reality (VR) significantly improved the motivation and performance of second-year civil engineering students in a concrete structures course when compared to traditional 2D drawings."

Discussion¶

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