Evaluation Of Learning Styles And Instructional Technologies

Abstract

The paper describes the initial efforts of a project to evaluate the impact of various instructional technologies on student learning, and to determine if there is a correlation between learning styles of individual students and the efficacy of specific instructional technologies. The project will use basic engineering science courses (Engineering Mechanics and Basic Strength of Materials) as a platform for evaluating the technologies and their impact on learning. Both courses include multiple sections with rather large student populations. The project is being conducted in the College of Engineering at the University of Cincinnati, in cooperation with Wright State University, with support from the GE Fund.