Does Cad Improve Spatial Visualization Ability?
Jianping Yue, Daniel M. Chen · 2020
This paper presents a study conducted collaboratively at a two-year community college and a four-year university.Technical drawing skills are fundamental to engineering technology students.It is generally believed that spatial visualization abilities affect a student's performance in graphics courses.Do factors, such as training, age, and gender, contribute to spatial visualization abilities?Do computer-aided design (CAD) courses improve spatial visualization abilities?This study investigates these factors through the Purdue Spatial Visualization Test -Rotation.The statistical results, obtained from two different student populations representing two-year and four-year institutions, are compared.The results from the two-year college also supplement numerous studies done at other four-year universities.