Spatial ability in high school students

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Brudigam, Kristin L ^a   Crawford, Richard H ^b  

^a Lake Travis High School   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; GEOMETRY;

ENGINEERING DESIGN; ENGINEERING GRAPHICS; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICS EDUCATION; ROTATIONS TESTS; SPATIAL ABILITIES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 85029103717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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