Exploring Relationships Between Electrodermal Activity, Skin Temperature, and Performance During Engineering Exams
Document Type
Conference Paper
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference
Publisher
IEEE Education Society
Location
Covington, KY
Publication Date
3-12-2020
Award Number
National Science Foundation (NSF) Division Of Undergraduate Education 1661100
Funder
National Science Foundation (NSF) Division Of Undergraduate Education
Abstract
Students' academic learning, performance, and motivation are ongoing topics in engineering education. Those studies that have attempted to understand the mechanisms of motivation inauthentic classroom settings and scenarios are few and limited to the methods used (e.g., self-reports, observations). This Work-in-Progress study explores the utility of electrodermal activity (EDA) and temperature sensors in accurately informing scholars about student performance during an exam in real-time. Correlations between each factor were analyzed. Initial results suggest that peripheral skin temperature has a weak, positive but significant correlation to exam question difficulty r=0.08; p
Recommended Citation
Khan, Tarique Hasan, et al. “Exploring Relationships between Electrodermal Activity, Skin Temperature, and Performance During.” 2019 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), IEEE, 2019, pp. 1–5. DOI.org (Crossref), doi:10.1109/FIE43999.2019.9028625.
