IMPROVING THE SPATIAL VISUALIZATION SKILLS OF FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS
IMPROVING THE SPATIAL VISUALIZATION SKILLS OF FIRST YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS
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提高工科一年级学生的空间可视化技能
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2011
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A. Spence
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R. Fleisig;A. Robertson;A. Spence
空间可视化技能是在心理上处理物体的三维图像所需的能力。这些技能对所有学科的成功设计工程师都很重要，与学生在本科工程课程中的表现密切相关。本文报告了麦克马斯特大学为提高一年级工科学生的可视化技能和使工程设计与图学必修课程的教学内容现代化而实施的指标、课程设置和教学方法。从课程的第一周到最后一周，视觉化测试成绩有了很大的提高。为了实现自动评分，在WebCT上实现了可视化测试。基于WebCT的可视化测试和结果将根据要求与CDEN的其他成员共享。
Spatial visualization skills are the aptitudes needed to mentally process three-dimensional images of objects. These skills are important to successful design engineers of all disciplines and are closely correlated to student performance in undergraduate engineering programmes. This paper reports on the metrics, curriculum, and teaching methods that have been implemented at McMaster University to improve the visualization skills of first year engineering students and modernize the course content of the mandatory first year engineering design and graphics course. Strong improvements in visualization test scores has been observed from the first week through to the last week of the course. To automate grading, the visualization tests have been implemented on WebCT. The WebCT-based visualization tests and results will be shared with other CDEN members upon request.