Spatial abilities and their relationship to computer aided design instruction

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 4449-4454

  Sorby, Sheryl A ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY; ENGINEERING GRAPHICS; MENTAL ROTATION TESTS (MRT); SPATIAL VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURRICULA; STUDENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 8644254185     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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