Ergonomic assessment of mental workload in higher education. Effects of education system on student’s workload perception

Adaptation to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) has meant a significant change in the workload of students. The main objective of this study is to evaluate and compare the perception of the workload of adapted and no-adapted to EHEA students in Psychology, and to analyze the nature of the ch...

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Autores: Rubio Valdehita, Susana, López Núñez, María Inmaculada, Díaz Ramiro, Eva María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/88726
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mental Workload
NASA-TLX
Psychology
Teamwork
European Higher Education Area
Ciencias Sociales
Psicología (Psicología)
Enseñanza universitaria
61 Psicología
6104 Psicopedagogía
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spelling Ergonomic assessment of mental workload in higher education. Effects of education system on student’s workload perceptionRubio Valdehita, SusanaLópez Núñez, María InmaculadaDíaz Ramiro, Eva MaríaMental WorkloadNASA-TLXPsychologyTeamworkEuropean Higher Education AreaCiencias SocialesPsicología (Psicología)Enseñanza universitaria61 Psicología6104 PsicopedagogíaAdaptation to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) has meant a significant change in the workload of students. The main objective of this study is to evaluate and compare the perception of the workload of adapted and no-adapted to EHEA students in Psychology, and to analyze the nature of the changes produced by this adaptation considering several academic activities: attending theoretical classes, attending practical classes, conducting group work outside the classroom, searching for material and bibliography, studying and personal work, attending tutorials and other activities (attending seminars, conferences, etc.). The sample consisted of 645 students (397 no-adapted and 248 adapted). To measure the perceived workload, the NASA-TLX scale was used. The scale permits to distinguish six workload dimensions: effort, mental demand, temporal demand, physical demand, performance and frustration. The results show a significant increase in the perceived workload of attending practical classes and specially in performing group work outside the classroom. It is concluded that the adaptation to the EHEA has meant an increase in the perception of students' workload, which points out the need to develop training programs and evaluation of the teamwork competence, one of the most important transversal competence indicated in the professional profile of the degree in psychology.Universidad Complutense de Madrid20172017-01-0120172017-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/88726reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/887262026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Ergonomic assessment of mental workload in higher education. Effects of education system on student’s workload perception
title Ergonomic assessment of mental workload in higher education. Effects of education system on student’s workload perception
spellingShingle Ergonomic assessment of mental workload in higher education. Effects of education system on student’s workload perception
Rubio Valdehita, Susana
Mental Workload
NASA-TLX
Psychology
Teamwork
European Higher Education Area
Ciencias Sociales
Psicología (Psicología)
Enseñanza universitaria
61 Psicología
6104 Psicopedagogía
title_short Ergonomic assessment of mental workload in higher education. Effects of education system on student’s workload perception
title_full Ergonomic assessment of mental workload in higher education. Effects of education system on student’s workload perception
title_fullStr Ergonomic assessment of mental workload in higher education. Effects of education system on student’s workload perception
title_full_unstemmed Ergonomic assessment of mental workload in higher education. Effects of education system on student’s workload perception
title_sort Ergonomic assessment of mental workload in higher education. Effects of education system on student’s workload perception
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rubio Valdehita, Susana
López Núñez, María Inmaculada
Díaz Ramiro, Eva María
author Rubio Valdehita, Susana
author_facet Rubio Valdehita, Susana
López Núñez, María Inmaculada
Díaz Ramiro, Eva María
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author2 López Núñez, María Inmaculada
Díaz Ramiro, Eva María
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Mental Workload
NASA-TLX
Psychology
Teamwork
European Higher Education Area
Ciencias Sociales
Psicología (Psicología)
Enseñanza universitaria
61 Psicología
6104 Psicopedagogía
topic Mental Workload
NASA-TLX
Psychology
Teamwork
European Higher Education Area
Ciencias Sociales
Psicología (Psicología)
Enseñanza universitaria
61 Psicología
6104 Psicopedagogía
description Adaptation to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) has meant a significant change in the workload of students. The main objective of this study is to evaluate and compare the perception of the workload of adapted and no-adapted to EHEA students in Psychology, and to analyze the nature of the changes produced by this adaptation considering several academic activities: attending theoretical classes, attending practical classes, conducting group work outside the classroom, searching for material and bibliography, studying and personal work, attending tutorials and other activities (attending seminars, conferences, etc.). The sample consisted of 645 students (397 no-adapted and 248 adapted). To measure the perceived workload, the NASA-TLX scale was used. The scale permits to distinguish six workload dimensions: effort, mental demand, temporal demand, physical demand, performance and frustration. The results show a significant increase in the perceived workload of attending practical classes and specially in performing group work outside the classroom. It is concluded that the adaptation to the EHEA has meant an increase in the perception of students' workload, which points out the need to develop training programs and evaluation of the teamwork competence, one of the most important transversal competence indicated in the professional profile of the degree in psychology.
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