Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 3 - Spatial Visualization Topics

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego; Nathan Delson, University of California, San Diego; Elizabeth Rose Cowan, Spatial Vis & Spatial Kids

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

and their impressionsof the app. Students found the app engaging, easy to use, and something they would do wheneverthey had “a free moment”. 95% of the students recommended the app to a friend if they arestruggling with spatial visualization skills. This paper will describe the implementation of themobile Spatial Vis™ sketching app in a large college classroom and highlight the app’s impactin increasing self-efficacy in spatial visualization and sketching despite the small screen size.IntroductionThe use of mobile devices and specifically touchscreen technology in education has increasedtremendously over the years due to their increase in ubiquity and computing capabilities. Asurvey was conducted online within the United States by Harris Poll

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 3 - Spatial Visualization Topics

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hannah Budinoff, University of California, Berkeley; Audrey Ford, University of California, Berkeley; Sara McMains, University of California, Berkeley

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

canbetter devise pedagogical strategies targeted at improving self-efficacy and retention of femalestudents.The objective of this study is to determine if women do in fact put more effort into anintroductory engineering graphics class, and to determine if this extra effort can compensate fortheir lower average spatial visualization ability, resulting in equal course outcomes such as examand homework grades. We hypothesize that: 1) female students put more effort (measured asquiz scores, time spent on homework, attendance, and homework scores) into engineeringgraphics courses; and 2) that this greater effort by female students results in roughly equalaverage course and exam grades for men and women. While other studies have observed