An investigation of 2D and 3D spatial and mathematical abilities

Design Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 505-524

  Ho, Chun Heng ^a   Eastman, Charles ^a   Catrambone, Richard ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

design cognition; perception; spatial ability; visual reasoning

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DESIGN; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

DESIGN COGNITION; SPATIAL ABILITY; VISUAL REASONING;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 33646195427     PISSN: 0142694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.destud.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Akin O. Variants in design cognition. In: Eastman C.M., McCracken W.M., and Newstetter W.C. (Eds). Design knowing and learning: cognition in design education (2001), Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam/New York 111-130
2. Anderson J.R. Arguments concerning representations for mental imagery. Psychological Review Vol 85 (1978) 249-277
3. Baddeley A.D., and Lieberman K. Spatial working memory. In: Nickerson R.S. (Ed). Attention and performance VIII (1978), Academic Press, London 521-539
4. Carpenter P.A., and Just M.A. Spatial ability: an information processing approach to psychometrics. In: Sternberg R.J. (Ed). Advances in the psychology of human intelligence Vol 3 (1986), Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ 221-253
5. Cooper L.A., and Mumaw R.J. Spatial aptitude. In: Dillon R.F. (Ed). Individual differences in cognition Vol 2 (1985), Academic Press, New York 67-94
6. Gittler, G (1990) Dreidimensionaler Würfeltest (3DW). Ein Rash-skalierter Test zur Messung des räumlichen Vorstellungsvermögens [Three-dimensional cube comparison test (3DC). A Rasch-scaled spatial ability test], Weinheim
7. Gittler G., and Glück J. Differential transfer of learning: effects of instruction in descriptive geometry on spatial test performance. Journal for Geometry and Graphics Vol 2 No 1 (1998) 71-84
8. Goldschmidt G. The dialectics of sketching. Creativity Research Journal Vol 4 No 2 (1991) 123-143
9. Just M.A., and Carpenter P.A. Eye fixations and cognitive processes. Cognitive Psychology Vol 8 (1976) 441-480
10. Larkin J.H., and Simon H.A. Why a diagram is (sometimes) worth ten thousand words. Cognitive Science Vol 11 (1987) 65-99
11. Morrow D.G., Greenspan S.L., and Dower G.H. Mental models for proportional reasoning. In: Ram A., and Eiselt K. (Eds). Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (1987), Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ 640-645
12. Numeric aptitude test (n.d.). Available from:. http://nicologic.free.fr/Numeric.htm (Retrieved October 12, 2002)
13. Shepard R.N., and Metzler J. Mental rotation of three dimensional objects. Science Vol 171 (1971) 701-703
14. Shiffrar M., and Freyd J.J. Apparent motion of the human body. Psychological Science Vol 3 (1990) 96-100
15. rd edn (1996), The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
16. Zhang J. The nature of external representations in problem solving. Cognitive Science Vol 21 No 2 (1997) 179-217