De Rosa, A. J., & Fontaine, M. (2018, October), Implementation and First-Year Results of an Engineering Spatial Skills Enhancement Program  Paper presented at 2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting, Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, New York, New York. 10.18260/1-2--31455

\bibitem{asee_peer_31455}
  De Rosa, A. J., \& Fontaine, M. (2018, October), \emph{Implementation and First-Year Results of an Engineering Spatial Skills Enhancement Program}
  Paper presented at 2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting, Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, New York, New York.
  10.18260/1-2--31455

Alexander John De Rosa and Maxine Fontaine.  "Implementation and First-Year Results of an Engineering Spatial Skills Enhancement Program".  2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting, Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, New York, New York, 2018, October.  ASEE Conferences, 2018.  https://peer.asee.org/31455 Internet.  16 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_31455}
  Alexander John De Rosa and Maxine Fontaine.
  "Implementation and First-Year Results of an Engineering Spatial Skills Enhancement Program".
  \emph{2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting, Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, New York, New York, 2018, October}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2018.
  https://peer.asee.org/31455 Internet.  16 Apr, 2024

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AB  - Spatial visualization skills are correlated with higher-level problem solving ability and associated with increased performance and retention in STEM fields. These skills are malleable but not typically taught in schools. To identify and assist first-year engineering students with low spatial ability, all first year engineering students in the class of 2021 (N=459) took the Purdue Spatial Visualization Test: Rotations (PSVT:R). Students who scored below 70% were encouraged to participate in a 4-week spatial skills training workshop.  Of the 134 female and 325 male first-year students, 37% of women and 19% of men did not initially pass the PSVT:R. Eighty-three percent (83%) of these women and 67% of these men elected to participate in the workshop. After completion of the workshop, the overall pass rate increased from 63% to 81% for women, and from 80% to 91% for men. The success of this workshop was notable based on participation, as well as post-workshop improvements in test scores, particularly for women.
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