Virtual reality-based spatial skills assessment and its role in computer graphics education

ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 Educators Program, SIGGRAPH '06

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hartman, Nathan W ^a   Connolly, Patrick E ^a   Gilger, Jeffrey W ^a   Bertoline, Gary R ^a   Heisler, Justin ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D COMPUTER GRAPHICS; 3D GEOMETRY; ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS; COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS EDUCATION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS TOOLS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CUTTING PLANES; HUMAN ABILITIES; INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE; MENTAL CUTTING TEST; MENTAL ROTATION; PILOT TESTING; SPATIAL ABILITIES; SPATIAL PERCEPTION; SPATIAL SKILLS; SPATIAL VISUALIZATION; SPATIAL VISUALIZATION SKILLS;

CUTTING TOOLS; EDUCATION COMPUTING; INSTRUMENT TESTING; INSTRUMENTS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTER TESTING;

EID: 70450257613     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1179295.1179342     Document Type: Conference Paper

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