Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D) Technical Session 2

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taiwo Raphael Feyijimi, University of Georgia; Landon Todd Smith, University of Georgia

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

diverse public and private schools in Nigeria.Data were collected using validated instruments: the Mental Rotation Test (MRT) and SpatialOrientation Test (SOT) to measure spatial reasoning; a Physics Achievement Test Survey (PATS)(based on WASSCE papers) to assess physics performance; and the Students' Attitudes TowardPhysics Questionnaire (SATPQ) to measure personal, teacher, and self-efficacy factors related tophysics learning.The penalized regression analyses revealed several significant predictors of spatial reasoning.School type emerged as the strongest predictor, with private school students demonstratingsignificantly higher spatial reasoning scores than their public school counterparts. Physicsperformance also showed a robust positive