Developing 3-D spatial visualization skills for non-engineering students

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 4047-4057

  Sorby, Sheryl A ^a,b   Drummer, Thomas ^a   Hungwe, Kedmon ^a   Charlesworth, Paul ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS; TEACHING; VISUALIZATION;

3D SPATIAL VISUALIZATION; GENDER EQUITY; NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION; NON-ENGINEERING STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 22544480320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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