The addition of coordinate axes to the purdue spatial visualization test- Visualization of rotations: A study at two universities

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 4821-4829

  Branoff, Theodore J ^a   Connolly, Patrick E ^b,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL GROUPS; COORDINATE AXES; UNDERGRADUATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EFFICIENCY; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; GRAPHIC METHODS; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY; VISUALIZATION;

EDUCATION;

EID: 8644257623     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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