Resumen de The impact of experiential learning methodology on student achievement in mechanical automotive engineering education
This research work was conducted over a two year period. The independent variable was experiential learningmethodology and the dependent variables were students’ academic performance, students’ attendance and its impactonemployabilityskills/attributes based onstudents’feedback. 144 undergraduatemechanical engineeringstudentsformedthe sample and were divided into control and experimental groups. In this work, low-budget working models weredeveloped and used to teach an undergraduate course within a mechanical engineering degree. Two different teachingstrategies, one with traditional lecturing methodology for control group and the other with experiential learningmethodology for experimental group were adopted. The statistical analysis showed that the experimental group performedsignificantly better than the control group with respect to ‘class pass percentage’ and ‘grade score’. On comparing the ‘classattendance’, significantly higher class attendance was achieved in the experimental group compared to the control group.Based on the end-of-semester students’ feedback, it was established that the present experiential learning methodology hadprovided positive influence on students’ employability skills/attributes. This study demonstrates the efficacy of experientiallearning methodology in enhancing students’ learning outcomes. The significance of providing multisensory approach toteaching through hands-on learning experiences is highlighted in this study.
