Measuring spatial ability of first-year engineering students with the Revised PSVT:R

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Maeda, Yukiko ^a   Yoon, So Yoon ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TESTING; VISUALIZATION;

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ENGINEERING COURSE; ENGINEERING FIELDS; FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES; SPATIAL VISUALIZATION; UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES;

EDUCATION;

EID: 85029069132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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