in various leadership roles in disciplines related to Career and Technical Education. Dr. Clark is recognized as a Distinguished Technology Educator by the International Technology Engineering Education Association. He currently consults to a variety of businesses, educational agencies and organizations. Page 24.1095.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Spatial Ability Measurement in an Introductory Graphic Communications CourseAbstractResearch on spatial ability indicates that many spatial test(s) have been used in research
traditionally focused syllabus. The understanding of geometric and descriptive principles in the context of predefined applications is now governed by a subject that supports conceptual endeavours. DCG provides students with the opportunity to develop a skill set that will allow them explore and learn within and beyond their subject domain through the medium of design without make. With the objective of codifying the initial teacher education practices, an introspective analysis was taken to explore student‟s performance within a core graphics module at the University of Limerick. Students from year 3 of the undergraduate Materials and Construction Education and Materials and Engineering
be administered again at the conclusion of thecourse, to see if spatial skills are improved through other course activities, making the additionaltreatment modules unnecessary for this class. Finally, it is recommended that the study bereplicated with more balance in participant numbers in the treatment and control groups, andmore balance in pretest measured spatial ability between the control and treatment groups. Page 14.868.8 Bibliographic Information1. Sorby, S., Wysocki, A. F., & Baartmans, B. (2003). Introduction to 3D Visualization: An Active Approach. CD- ROM with workbook. Clifton
the excitement and energy generated by this extracurricular project to amplifytechnical skill development. Project outcomes and perspectives from students and faculty arepresented.IntroductionPersons with malformed upper extremities have significant variation with some havingfunctional wrist joints while other are limited to only elbow joint(s). Therefore, personalizing thefit of any prosthetic type device often requires significant modifications even if a proven designsuch as the UnLimbited Arm 2.0 - Alfie Edition [1] is available. These modifications are oftendone after parts have been fabricated and are an accepted part of the fitting process. It’s a generaltenet of engineering that the sooner in the engineering process a change can be
based interactive assessment and training program. The Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 64(1), 4-9. 5. Study, N. E. (2004). Assessing Visualization Abilities in Minority Engineering Students. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. 6. Miller, C. L. (1996). A historical review of applied and theoretical spatial visualization publications in engineering graphics. The Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 60(4), 12-33. Page 11.944.6 7. Sorby, S. A. (1999). Developing 3-D spatial visualization skills. The Engineering Design
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. Page 11.852.2Engineers and technologists are important and vita to the profitability of the US economy. The U.S. Department ofLabor statistics reveal that 20% more engineers are needed over the next decade2 and that Engineering education hadits “peak” of student majors in the early 1980’s with over 450,000 students entering into some form of engineeringor technology program. But since that time, the nation has experienced a 25% drop in students majoring in a fieldrelated to engineering. Included in this downward trend, diversity continues to be a struggle as well. As of to date,consider the statistic that of the four million students graduating from high school each year, only two percent willearn an engineering degree, and only one percent of
currently offering assistance or evaluating other students. Student B must wait for an available evaluator. If an evaluator does not become available, the student may be forced to leave without getting credit for work completed. The longer a student takes to finish their assignments during class, the more likely this case is to occur. • Student C believes he/she has met all five grading criteria prior to class start or during class time. A free evaluator begins an evaluation and flags a mistake(s). Student C may elect to fix them without assistance or ask the TA for assistance in fixing them. This process may take up to (10) minutes or longer. Student C must fix these mistakes or be graded “as-is
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assessingstudents’ spatial visualization ability. However, more studies of using realistic 3D views inspatial visualization tests administered to different groups of students and on other campuses areneeded to confirm this finding.AcknowledgementThe author would like to thank Theophilus Acquaye, Assistant Professor of MechanicalEngineering Technology at Essex County College, for helping conducting some of the tests inhis classes.Bibliography1. Shepard, R. N. & Metzler, J. Mental Rotation of Three-Dimensional Objects. Science, 171(3972), Feb. 19, 1971, 701-703.2. Vandenberg, S. G. & Kuse, A. R. Mental Rotations: A Group Test of Three-Dimensional Spatial Visualization. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 47, 1978, 599-604.3. Ekstrom, R. B., et
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visualizationskills, both, for development of imagination and creativity, as well as development ofcompetencies directly related to technical fields such as engineering graphics and design.In this field of graphics and design, which is more linked to STEM education, there are acceptedtest such as the Purdue Spatial Visualization Test - Rotations PSVT:R (Guay, 1977), the MentalCutting Test (MCT) (Sorby, 1999) and the Shepard-Metzler Rotation (S-M) Test (Shepard, 1971)and its modification (Vandenberg, 1978). All of these tests have been used to measure thevisualization skills in an individual at a given time, thus providing a reference for comparison. Theunderlying concept in these tests is the mental rotation of 3D given objects. PSVT:R is perhapsone of the
received the 2015 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring.Miss Dana Corrina Dimitriu Dana Dimitriu is a third-year mechanical engineering student at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She is currently working on receiving her bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Psychology. She has interests in biomechatronics, prosthetics, 3D visualization, and graphic design. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 A Simple Method to Help Students Improve 3-D Visualization SkillsAbstractSpatial visualization skills and attention to detail can be effectively improved using variousspecialized methods. Starting in the 1990’s multiple
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stereo method and studentswho used the polarized stereo method.Although Volbracht et al.’s study provided quantified effectiveness measures for different displaymethods, they only collected data related to their subjects’ objective performance, when using thedifferent display methods. However, Mills and deAraujo (1999) determined that students’subjective perceptions of technologies used in teaching should not be ignored when comparingthe effectiveness of different technologies used in education.The research problem of this study was to determine whether there is a significant difference inthe effectiveness of anaglyphic and HMD-based stereo display methods in design and graphicseducation. Specifically, the study intended to measure the impact of
features that would promote more meaningful engagement in the app, show the importance of high quality design and implementation of technology tools for learning and research. References [1] S. Sorby, N. Veurink, and S. Streiner, “Does spatial skills instruction improve STEM outcomes? The answer is ‘yes,’” Learning and Individual Differences , vol. 67, pp. 209–222, 2018. [2] M. Berkowitz and E. Stern, “Which cognitive abilities make the difference? Predicting academic achievements in advanced STEM studies,” Journal of Intelligence , vol. 6, no. 4, p. 48, 2018. [3] S. Sorby, B. Casey, N. Veurink, and A. Dulaney, “The role of
collaborative instruction as classroom practice. The use of collaborative learning strategies has been around since the 1970’s. Research in this field during the 1980’s primarily focused on face-‐to-‐face collaboration in primary through higher education, but research on collaboration since the inclusion of the computers in the field has created a new area of research known as Computer-‐Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL).10According to Krug (2001), “The success of collaborative learning opportunities must be judged on the basis of their process, purpose, and products. It is self-‐evident how process is related to collaboration, for classroom
Batra & Davis6and Crismond9’s work, which investigate expertise in design across different domains,find that experts tend to recognize similarities among situations and make connectionsbetween their works. Cross’s8 study summarizes most of the vital features of expertperformance, like the ability to form abstract conceptualizations and decompose Page 15.797.5problems explicitly. An additional summary of characteristics of expertise wasconducted by Farrington-Darby and Wilson20: Experts are inclined to perceive largemeaningful patterns, encode new information quickly, adapt decision strategies tochanging task conditions, possess the ability to make more
components of the voluntary workshopthat need to be further considered. Moving forward, it would be interesting to assess the effect ofa mixed-methods approach (CAD/origami) in our context and to develop a larger sample usingthe indirect (origami) method (n=19 in this study).AcknowledgementsThis work was conducted under IRB 2017-011(N) and grew out of work started under the NSFEngage Project, Award #0833076, at Stevens Institute of Technology.References1. Sorby, S. A. (2009). Educational research in developing 3‐D spatial skills for engineering students. International Journal of Science Education, 31(3), 459-480.2. Smith, I.M. (1964). Spatial ability - Its educational and social significance. University of London Press.3. Wai, J., Lubinski, D
support, and customer service management. His interests include solid modeling applications, virtual and augmented reality, visualization techniques, innovative teaching methods, and distance learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Information Visualization for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) DataAbstractEnabling users to explore the vast volumes of data from different groups is one of productlifecycle management (PLM)’s goals. PLM must solve such problems as isolated “Islands ofData” and “Island of Automation”; the massive data flow of distanced collaborative design,manufacturing, and management; and the incapability of interpreting and
derived by the analytics software.Figure 1 displays all initial variables with first-generation college students as the root node. Theclassification tree splits the observations into binary categories based on the variable values ineach observation. In figure 1’s case, the binary classification is persistence in engineering [Yes]and non-persistence [No]. For categorical variables, the split is which variable value existswithin a particular observation. For continuous variables, the algorithm applies a regressionanalysis that determines the splitting point at a mathematically logical point. This model providesthe advantage of adaptive ability and will self-adjust with new data. The darker color implies agreat proportion of persistence. Next to the
consider the MR attributes proposed by Milgram et al. to choose theright display device(s) to match his or her pedagogy. In this project, we plan to investigate howthe use of VR can affect the learner’s behavior and performance during the design verificationstage of industrial robot programming. Figure 2 illustrates the setup of the project. X Figure 2 Project setup: From RobotStudio to VR inspection to ABB Robot Conventionally the robot program was reviewed through desktop simulation prior todownloading it to the industrial robot for execution (red dotted line). We plan to use the virtualreality environment, circled in blue, as an intermediate stage to review the robot program
. Page 14.179.4 S 07 S 08 F 07 F 08 Figure 1. Percentage of students’ experience with AutoCAD prior to this course Test 1 Test 2 Test 3Figure 2. Average drawings per testI. Assessment of Project ApproachThe term project was presented to students at the end of the second phase of the course. At thispoint, the students were well experienced in reproducing any 2-Dimensional shape drawingswith details including text and dimensions. The school
cycle.A “graphic vocabulary wall”, synonymous with a word wall (commonly used in elementaryclassrooms) should be established to support student use of graphics. The facilitation in graphicproduction will further student spatial abilities by eliminating mental road blocks that hindertheir thought processes.AcknowledgementsThis work is supported by NSF (DRL # 0733217) as part of the Discovery Research K-12program. The project team would also like to extend its sincere thanks to our partner elementaryschools, including the administration, staff and teachers.References1. Appleton, K. (2007). Elementary science teaching. In S. Abell & N. Lederman (eds) Handbook of research on science education. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
25 20 15 10 5 0 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 11-12 Scores catagories Student in GraphicsClass Engineering Students who did not take Graphics Fig. 5 Post-test graphics class, PSVT R and surface development testsReferences1. S. A. Sorby, and A. F. Wysocki, “Introduction to 3D Spatial Visualization an
ability to use that knowledge to solve problems, which providesolutions that further increase knowledge1. Unfortunately, cognitive development related toknowledge collection has been the primary focus of education in the past.Active learning has been a topic of numerous papers and research since the 1970’s and continuesto be the focus of research and methodology discussions of instruction at all levels. Thetechniques of active learning are designed to move the focus of education from primarilyknowledge acquisition to include the solution-based strategies that teach the “whole” student.Originally designed for face-to-face instruction, active learning now must be taken into thenewer realm of on-line and technology enhanced learning. Figure 1
atthis time.ReferencesLeopold C., Sorby, S. & Gorska, R. (1996). Gender differences in 3-D visualization skills of engineering students. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Engineering Computer Graphics and Descriptive Geometry, Andrzej Wyzykowski, et. al., Editors, Cracow, Poland, 560-564.Levine, S. C., Vasilyeva, M., Lourenco, S. F., Newcombe, N. S., & Huttenlocher, J. (2005). Socioeconomic Status Modifies the Sex Difference in Spatial Skill. Psychological Science. American Psychological Society, 16(11) 841- 845.Linn, M.C., & Petersen, A.C. (1985). Emergence and characterization of sex differences in spatial ability: A meta- analysis. Child Development, 56, 1479-1498.Lippa, R.A., Collaer, M.L. and
temperature, relative humidity, rain gauge, barometric pressure),photovoltaic data (i.e., AC/DC power, current, voltage, and energy, panel temperature), hot waterdata (i.e., flow rate, in/out temperate, energy), and hydrogen fuel cell data (i.e., in/out power,current and voltage, energy). The project team has recently broadened the data available tostudents by incorporating the following wind turbines into the project: • Bergey 10-kW, Jockey's Ridge State Park, Nags Head, NC-- power: wild AC from turbine, 240V 60Hz AC from inverter; energy: ~1,250 kWh (per month estimated); wind speed: ~6 m/s (based on AWS TrueWind model data) • Bergey 10-kW, the Outer Banks Brewing Station, Kill Devil Hills, NC-- power: wild AC from
, week 10.(5) A completed exploded assembly drawing(s) of the project. Page 22.567.9(6) A bill of materials. The BOM should include: a) part name, b) part number, c) description, d) quantity needed, e) material(s) including density and f) any other pertinent information.(7) One improvement you suggest for the product.(8) Other extra credit avenues include: detail views, cutaway views, assembled assembly views, motion, any range of modeling not covered in class such as sheet metal, lips and grooves, rendering, families of parts, piping, weldments, etc.3.3 Course enhancementsTable 5 shows the comparison before and after the enhancements