The role of spatial training in improving spatial and calculus performance in engineering students

By S. Sorby, B. Casey, N. Veurink, Alana Dulaney. 2013

178 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Automotive Engineering, Education, Geography, Planning and Development

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/89d5c7b09115f0ecf906adffb77d5e562dffde97

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In Automotive Engineering

1. Steven J. Holochwost
2. Kelly Fisher
3. Kristin Gagnier
4. David H. Uttal
5. Joan Moss
6. Beverly Caswell
7. Zachary C K Hawes
8. Harpreet Kaur

In Education

1. Mike Stieff
2. David H. Uttal
3. Joan Moss
4. Steven J. Holochwost
5. Kelly Fisher
6. Beverly Caswell
7. Kristin Gagnier
8. Zachary C K Hawes

In Geography, Planning and Development

1. Steven J. Holochwost
2. Kelly Fisher
3. Kristin Gagnier
4. David H. Uttal
5. Zachary C K Hawes

Citations in the corpus

• Enhancing Children's Spatial and Numerical Skills through a Dynamic Spatial Approach to Early Geometry Instruction: Effects of a 32-Week Intervention (2017, background): “Spatial training has been shown to result in improvements in students’ calculus performance (Sorby et al., 2013) and other mathematics-related disciplines, including engineering (Hsi, Linn, & Bell, 1997), physics (Miller & Halpern, 2013), and chemistry (Small & Morton, 1983).”
• A Heuristic Framework of Spatial Ability: a Review and Synthesis of Spatial Factor Literature to Support its Translation into STEM Education (2018, unknown): “…chemistry (Small and Morton 1983; Wu and Shah 2004), physics (Kozhevnikov et al. 2007), mathematics (Cheng and Mix 2014; Pittalis and Christou 2010; Sorby et al. 2013), computer programming (Jones and Burnett 2008), design (H. Lin 2016), engineering graphics (Marunic and Glazar 2013), geometry…”
• Spatial thinking in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: Elementary teachers' beliefs, perceptions, and self‐efficacy (2021, background): “…measures of knowledge and skills in chemistry (Small & Morton, 1983), engineering (Sorby, 2001, 2009), elementary and middle school math (Cheng & Mix, 2014; Lowrie et al., 2017), calculus (Sorby et al., 2013), physics (Miller & Halpern, 2013), and geoscience (Gagnier et al., 2017; Sanchez, 2012).”
• How Much Can Spatial Training Improve STEM Achievement? (2015, background): “More recently, Sorby and colleagues have provided additional evidence of the causal effects of the intervention on STEM achievement, using a regression discontinuity approach (Sorby et al. 2013).”