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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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Kösa, Temel; Karakus, Fatih – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of computer-aided design (CAD) software-based instruction on the spatial visualisation skills of freshman engineering students in a computer-aided engineering drawing course. A quasi-experimental design was applied, using the Purdue Spatial Visualization Test-Visualization of Rotations…
Descriptors: Visualization, Spatial Ability, Computer Assisted Design, Courseware
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Casakin, Hernan; Kreitler, Shulamith – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
The study deals with the roles and interrelations of the meaning-based assessments of dwellings, pathways and metaphors in design performance. It is grounded in the Meaning Theory [Kreitler, S., and H. Kreitler. 1990. "The Cognitive Foundations of Personality Traits." New York: Plenum], which enables identifying the cognitive contents…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Design, Schematic Studies, Questionnaires