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A Study on the relationship between engineering college student's spatial visualization skills and academic achievements  

Choi, Sun-Mi (Hoseo University, Innovation Center for Engineering Education)
Lee, Jang Hoon (Hoseo University, Department of Environmental Engineering)
Jung, Joon-Oh (Hoseo University, Department of Environmental Engineering)
Sun, Bok-Kun (Hoseo University, Department of Computer Engineering)
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Journal of Engineering Education Research / v.18, no.5, 2015 , pp. 42-50 More about this Journal
Abstract
In spite that spatial ability has been recognized as an important element of academic achievement in engineering studies, researches on the topic are rather limited in Korea. In this study, the relationship between spatial visualization skill and academic achievement of engineering students was investigated based on the several variables such as gender, high school education background and college course achievement. The result showed that there were significant relevance between spatial visualization skill and gender, high school type, achievement of high school level math & physics, and college course work grade of computer graphic and capstone design. According the case study, from the entry time of engineering college, support programs to reinforce spatial visualization skill are required for lower skill groups such as female and graduate from art course in high school. Also, college curriculum such as Engineering graphics, Capstone design are substantial to improve spatial visualization skill. However, more diversified sample groups and research methods are required in order to draw in depth results.
Keywords
Spatial ability; Spatial visualization skills; SVS; PSVT-R; Engineering Design;
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