Conference Session

Spatial Ability and Visualization in Graphics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rui (Celia) Pan, Purdue University; Shih-Ping Kuo, Purdue University; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

software to help themvisualize the real subject and different effects and a group of students said they foundtheir design in computers was very different from sketches, which, on the other hand,reflects their disability to generate imagery either by mind or by hand. Compared withnovice designers, experts have been exposed to a great number of examples and areable to mentally form abstract conceptualizations8.Despite these disadvantages, novice designers are striving for progress and willing totry different ways to improve their design. One student who usually directly workedon computers said he began to notice that sketches could help him get good ideas.Another one also admitted he found the value of sketches after finishing the