Adaptive Training of the Mental Rotation Ability in an Immersive Virtual Environment

Authors

  • Sunita Ariali University Stuttgart Institute of Educational Science Department of Vocational Education focused on Teaching Technology (BPT)
  • Bernd Zinn University Stuttgart Institute of Educational Science Department of Vocational Education focused on Teaching Technology (BPT)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v16i09.18971

Keywords:

Virtual Reality, mental Rotation, adaptive Training, cognitive Load, gender differences

Abstract


Virtual Reality (VR) opens new possibilities for the investigation and train-ing of Mental Rotational Ability (MRA), which is an important factor in the development of technical skills in several fields. Adaptive designs of MRA training environments realised by virtual technology could offer promising potentials and is investigated in this study. For the evaluation of effective-ness, the adaptive training environment is compared with the adequate ran-domised environment by assessing mental rotation ability in both conditions before and after training. As a dependent variable, the performance and its improvement in the virtual mental rotation test (VMRT), as well as the cog-nitive load, is measured. In addition, possible gender differences and their in-fluence on the training outcomes are determined. The study described here represents an innovative support option for MRA and provides an expandable empirical basis for VR-based adaptive trainings.

Author Biographies

Sunita Ariali, University Stuttgart Institute of Educational Science Department of Vocational Education focused on Teaching Technology (BPT)

Dipl. Psych. Sunita Ariali is since 2016 research assistant at the Institute of Educational Science, Department of Vocational Education focused on Teaching Technology at the University of Stuttgart.

Bernd Zinn, University Stuttgart Institute of Educational Science Department of Vocational Education focused on Teaching Technology (BPT)

Prof. Dr. phil. habil., Dipl.-Ing., Dipl.-Gwl. Bernd Zinn holds the chair of Vocational Education focused on Teaching Technology at the University of Stuttgart, is dean of studies for Vocational and Technical Education, Science and Technology, as well as managing director of the Institute for Educational Science.

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Published

2021-05-04

How to Cite

Ariali, S., & Zinn, B. (2021). Adaptive Training of the Mental Rotation Ability in an Immersive Virtual Environment. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 16(09), pp. 20–39. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v16i09.18971

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 09 (2021)

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Papers

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