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Sylvain Luc Agbanglanon; Thomas Lecorre; Vassilis Komis; Alain Jaillet – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2024
This study explores the relationship between collaborative dynamics, expressed through observed leadership behaviour, and skills. It is based on the mechanical design activity of six dyads of students (post-secondary vocational training), composed of 11 boys and one girl, who are improving an existing mechanical system. Actions are studied using…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Leadership, Teamwork, Engineering
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Micha Gittinger; David Wiesche – Journal of Engineering Education, 2024
Background: The importance of spatial abilities for individuals' success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) domains has been well established. Researchers have also emphasized the need to train engineering students in spatial ability. Although virtual reality (VR) offers prospects for training spatial abilities, research…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Computer Simulation, Interaction, Engineering Education
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Nicholas O. Awuor; Cathy Weng; Isaac M. Matere; Jeng-Hu Chen; Dani Puspitasari; Khanh Nguyen Phuong Tran – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
Engineering drawing is valuable in capturing geometric features, conveying engineering ideas, and creating a blueprint of the intended product. Engineering students usually perform orthographic projections, imagining a 3D situation and sketching its 2D representation. That requires imagination and mental visualization, determined by the learner's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational High Schools, High School Students, Engineering Education
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Philani Brian Mlambo – Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 2024
This qualitative study was conducted to investigate the instructional practices employed by Engineering Graphics and Design (EGD) teachers to teach Isometric Drawing (ID). This enquiry was necessitated by the growing concern from subject advisors and teachers about the poor performance of learners in isometric drawing. In an attempt to meet the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Engineering Education, Design, Drafting
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Tejaswini Dalvi; Kristen Wendell – School Science and Mathematics, 2024
Insights on students' own authentic design practices--nascent design practices without much adult guidance--are crucial to informing responsive facilitation of engineering design tasks. This study unpacks how elementary students interpret teacher given information about a design task, and interact with each other and given resources, to traverse a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Navigation, Engineering, Design
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Sarah N. Abdo; Jeremy L. Hsu; Constantine Kapetanakis; Dina L. Newman; L. Kate Wright; Jennifer Bailey – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
Effective spatial visualization and reasoning skills are often credited for students' success in science and engineering courses. However, students enrolled in these science courses are not always exposed to or trained properly on the best ways to utilize models to aid in their learning. Improving spatial visualization techniques with 3D models,…
Descriptors: Models, Visual Aids, Concept Formation, Molecular Structure
Jesslyn Valerie – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Spatial reasoning skills are a great predictor of students' Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) achievement and attainment. However, researchers have mainly viewed spatial reasoning skills as an internal cognitive process that is measured through the administration of psychometric testing and laboratory experiments. Further,…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Cognitive Processes, Interpersonal Relationship, Elementary Schools
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Ajay Shankar Tiwari; Kaushal Kumar Bhagat – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2024
This study examined the impact of augmented reality (AR) on engineering education, focusing on spatial visualisation skills and cognitive load in an engineering drawing course. The research is based on cognitive load theory and spatial visualisation frameworks. It compares three AR methods--marker-based (MBAR), markerless (MLAR) and Web-based…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Engineering Education, Drafting, Visualization
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Ajay Shankar Tiwari; Kaushal Kumar Bhagat; Georgios Lampropoulos – Smart Learning Environments, 2024
Currently, augmented reality (AR) is one of the emerging technologies which is being widely used in the education sector. In engineering drawing, AR has been implemented to enhance learners' spatial ability but not their conceptual knowledge yet. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the effect of AR on engineering drawing students' learning…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Engineering Education, Physical Environment, Simulated Environment
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Deepti Prit Kaur; Archana Mantri – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Student perception is an essential component in education; especially in engineering courses, which involve complex spatial processes, manipulation and interpretation of graphs, diagrams, and concepts. Incorporation of special training instructions improve spatial skills of learners, assisting them to acquire enhanced conceptual knowledge. Through…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Interaction, Visual Aids, Engineering Education
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Tomás Hyland; Niall Seery; Jeffrey Buckley – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2024
An association between spatial ability, particularly visualisation, and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education has been repeatedly demonstrated over the past four decades. Understanding this relationship is of critical importance as substantial evidence illustrates the malleability of spatial ability and that the…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Predictor Variables, Retention (Psychology), Visualization
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Milorad Cerovac; Therese Keane – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2025
Piaget's theory of stage structure is synonymous with discussions involving cognitive development. As with any theoretical model, researchers inevitably and rightly seek to affirm and/or contest the elements of the model presented. In this comparative study, students' performance across three hands-on engineering tasks for two distinct student…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Piagetian Theory, Developmental Tasks