Att memorera abstrakta koncept och begrepp är en nödvändig del av lärandeprocessen för dagens studenter. Genom att underlätta denna process, till exempel tidsmässigt, skulle studenter kunna bli duktigare i deras studier som kräver en del memorering och således ägna mer tid åt kritiskt och abstrakt tänkande. Forskning har under flera decennier gjorts på auditiva och visuella minneshjälpmedel men det saknas forskning om hur slumpmässigt datorgenererade bilder påverkar memoreringsprocessen. Genom att involvera flera sinnen undersöktes huruvida ett verktyg som baseras på datorgenererade abstrakta former kunde vara användbart och effektivt som ett minneshjälpmedel bland studenter. Totalt deltog nio studenter i studien varav en deltog i en pilotstudie. Den insamlade data från experimenten analyserades genom att räkna fram spridningsmått såsom varians och standardavvikelse samt genom att genomföra ett Chi-två-test och en medelvärdesanalys. Resultat av den statistiska analysen visade att vårt verktyg sannolikt inte förbättrade deltagarnas förmåga att memorera abstrakta ord. Dock så hävdade 25% av experimentgruppen att verktyget var användbart som ett hjälpmedel i memoreringsprocessen. Kombinerat med konstruktiv kritik från deltagarna om hur verktyget kunde öka sin verkningsgrad drog vi slutsatsen att ett genomarbetat verktyg eller applikation fortfarande har potentialen att effektivisera memorering. Vidare forskning skulle kunna öka förståelsen för de underliggande processerna och hur dessa skulle kunna utnyttjas för att hjälpa memorering. / Memorizing abstract concepts and terms is an important part of the learning process for the students of today. By enhancing this process students could be more proficient in those studies that require memorization and focus more on other parts of their education such as critical thinking and abstract reasoning. Research on auditory and visual memory aids has been conducted for several decades. However, there is a lack of research that focuses on how memory is affected by randomly generated imagery. This study aimed to explore this area by taking a multi-sensory approach to memorization. It examined whether a developed tool based on computer generated imagery could be useful and effective as a memorization aid among students. By conducting an experiment we examined the usefulness and the effectiveness of the developed tool. A total of nine students participated in the study of which one participated in a pilot study. The data gathered from the experiments was analyzed using statistical measures such as variance and standard deviation and also by conducting a chi-squared test and a mean value analysis. To gain a deeper understanding of how the experimental group used the tool, we complemented our data with the survey data from the study’s participants. The results of the statistical analysis showed that our tool did not improve the participants’ ability to memorize abstract words in the chosen sample. However, 25% of the experimental group claimed that the tool was useful as an aid in their memorization process since they experienced that there was a clear connection between the words and the images. Combined with constructive feedback about how the tool could increase its effectiveness it can be concluded that a well-constructed tool still has the potential to aid memorization. The area should be further researched to gain any significant understanding of the underlying processes and how it could be useful to aid memorization.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kth-231370 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Wedberg, Martin, Wiigh, Oscar |
| Publisher | KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | TRITA-EECS-EX ; 2018:311 |
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