TY - GEN
T1 - The Link between Spatial Skills and Engineering Problem-Solving
AU - Duffy, Gavin
AU - Sorby, Sheryl
AU - Reves, Presentacion Rivera
AU - Delahunty, Tom
AU - Perez, Lance
AU - Ravishankar, Javashri
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work has been supported by funding from the National Science Foundation in the U.S. through grants number DRL-1535307 and DRL-1818758.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2019/1/16
Y1 - 2019/1/16
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - engineering student success
KW - problem-solving
KW - spatial skills
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U2 - 10.1109/TALE.2018.8615193
DO - 10.1109/TALE.2018.8615193
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85062107108
T3 - Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018
SP - 272
EP - 278
BT - Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018
A2 - Lee, Mark J.W.
A2 - Nikolic, Sasha
A2 - Wong, Gary K.W.
A2 - Shen, Jun
A2 - Ros, Montserrat
A2 - Lei, Leon C. U.
A2 - Venkatarayalu, Neelakantam
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2018
Y2 - 4 December 2018 through 7 December 2018
ER -