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Longitudinal study of the impact of requiring training for students with initially weak spatial skills.
- Source :
- European Journal of Engineering Education; Feb-Apr2019, Vol. 44 Issue 1/2, p153-163, 11p, 1 Diagram, 7 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Three-dimensional spatial skills are a cognitive ability that have been shown to predict success in engineering. Michigan Tech has been offering a course to help students improve their 3-D spatial skills for more than two decades. In previous studies, students who failed a rotations test and enrolled in the course performed better on a number of measures when compared to those who failed the rotations test and did not enrol in the course. A valid criticism of these studies was that the two groups were self-selected. Beginning in 2009, the spatial skills course became a requirement for students who initially failed the rotations test. This paper reports on the results from a longitudinal study conducted to determine the impact of the spatial skills course when no self-selection is involved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03043797
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 1/2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- European Journal of Engineering Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 134238136
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2017.1390547