Document Type
Conference Paper
Rights
Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence
Disciplines
2. ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, 5.3 EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES
Abstract
Well-developed 3-D spatial skills are correlated with engineering success. However, most studies examining the link between spatial skills and engineering success have been conducted at the macro level, i.e., the link between spatial skills and course grades or between spatial skills and graduation rates. In this research, a more refined approach has been taken. Relationships between spatial skills and success in solving certain types of problems that engineering students commonly encounter are examined. It was found that high levels of spatial skills predict success in solving certain types of engineering problems but not in all types of problems. Data gathered through this research will be further analyzed to determine characteristics of problems where spatial skills appear to play a role and characteristics where they do not.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE.2018.8615193
Recommended Citation
G. Duffy, S. Sorby, P. R. Reves, T. Delahunty, L. Perez and J. Ravishankar, "The Link between Spatial Skills and Engineering Problem-Solving," 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE), 2018, pp. 272-278, doi: 10.1109/TALE.2018.8615193.
Funder
National Science Foundation (USA)
Publication Details
2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE)