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

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dc.contributor.authorRubio Valdehita, Susana
dc.contributor.authorLópez Núñez, María Inmaculada
dc.contributor.authorDíaz Ramiro, Eva María
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-15T10:36:13Z
dc.date.available2023-11-15T10:36:13Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-13
dc.description.abstractAdaptation 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.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Psicología Social, del Trabajo y Diferencial
dc.description.facultyFac. de Psicología
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.statuspub
dc.identifier.doi10.23880/eoij-16000106
dc.identifier.issn2577-2953
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/88726
dc.issue.number1
dc.journal.titleErgonomics International Journal
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.keywordMental Workload
dc.subject.keywordNASA-TLX
dc.subject.keywordPsychology
dc.subject.keywordTeamwork
dc.subject.keywordEuropean Higher Education Area
dc.subject.ucmCiencias Sociales
dc.subject.ucmPsicología (Psicología)
dc.subject.ucmEnseñanza universitaria
dc.subject.unesco61 Psicología
dc.subject.unesco6104 Psicopedagogía
dc.titleErgonomic assessment of mental workload in higher education. Effects of education system on student’s workload perception
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