In a 24-participant three-modality user study, learners' workflows and engagement with fundamental mechanics problems varied across instructional modalities¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Thematic analysis of participant feedback showed that learners' workflows and engagement with fundamental mechanics problems varied across TC, ET, and MR instructional modalities. → Rakib 2025

Evidence¶

Rakib 2025¶

Rakib, M. A. N., Akter, S., Sridhar, E. P., Biswas, S., Raihan, M. R., & Rahman, M. (2025). Visualizing Engineering Fundamentals: Design of Mixed Reality and Physical Toolkits for Effective Learning. Manuscript under review at Ergonomics in Design: The Quarterly of Human Factors Applications. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.00979 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2607.00979

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

In a 90-minute user study, 24 UTA students who had completed Engineering Statics were assigned to TC, ET, or MR conditions after a recorded lecture; open-ended responses were thematically coded by three researchers. Participants reported that "learners’ workflows and engagement with fundamental mechanics problems varied across instructional modalities."

"Thematic analysis of participant feedback revealed that learners’ workflows and engagement with fundamental mechanics problems varied across instructional modalities."

Discussion¶

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