TY - GEN
T1 - Development of an online, strategy-based intervention to improve spatial skills
AU - Cole, Peter J.
AU - Farrell, Stephanie
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENT This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant EEC 1623053.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2018/9/17
Y1 - 2018/9/17
N2 - A novel, interactive, targeted training program has been developed to improve spatial skills. The system is based on Gestalt processing and Collaborative Action-based Production System (CAPS) theory. The software was pilot tested in 2015 with first year engineering students and then iteratively refined to improve compliance and performance in 2016. Both interventions resulted in significant improvements in spatial skills as measured by the Purdue Spatial Visualization Test: Rotations (PSVT:R), but the 2016 intervention was more effective than the 2015 intervention. For students with weak spatial skills, the effect size (Cohen's d) for the intervention was 0.735 in 2015 and 0.803 in 2016.
AB - A novel, interactive, targeted training program has been developed to improve spatial skills. The system is based on Gestalt processing and Collaborative Action-based Production System (CAPS) theory. The software was pilot tested in 2015 with first year engineering students and then iteratively refined to improve compliance and performance in 2016. Both interventions resulted in significant improvements in spatial skills as measured by the Purdue Spatial Visualization Test: Rotations (PSVT:R), but the 2016 intervention was more effective than the 2015 intervention. For students with weak spatial skills, the effect size (Cohen's d) for the intervention was 0.735 in 2015 and 0.803 in 2016.
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U2 - 10.1109/WEEF.2017.8467154
DO - 10.1109/WEEF.2017.8467154
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85055453974
T3 - Proceedings - 2017 7th World Engineering Education Forum, WEEF 2017- In Conjunction with: 7th Regional Conference on Engineering Education and Research in Higher Education 2017, RCEE and RHEd 2017, 1st International STEAM Education Conference, STEAMEC 2017 and 4th Innovative Practices in Higher Education Expo 2017, I-PHEX 2017
SP - 489
EP - 493
BT - Proceedings - 2017 7th World Engineering Education Forum, WEEF 2017- In Conjunction with
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 7th World Engineering Education Forum, WEEF 2017
Y2 - 13 November 2017 through 16 November 2017
ER -