Predicting academic success of engineering students in technical drawing from working memory

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorPrieto, Gerardo
dc.creatorVelasco, Angela Dias
dc.date2014-05-27T11:27:10Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:39:38Z
dc.date2014-05-27T11:27:10Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:39:38Z
dc.date2012-11-27
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T02:03:01Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T02:03:01Z
dc.identifierJournal for Geometry and Graphics, v. 16, n. 1, p. 111-120, 2012.
dc.identifier1433-8157
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/73763
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/73763
dc.identifier2-s2.0-84869859998
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/894548
dc.descriptionTests on spatial aptitude, in particular Visualization, have been shown to be efficient predictors of the academic performance of Technical Drawing stu-dents. It has recently been found that Spatial Working Memory (a construct defined as the ability to perform tasks with a figurative content that require si-multaneous storage and transformation of information) is strongly associated with Visualization. In the present study we analyze the predictive efficiency of a bat-tery of tests that included tests on Visualization, SpatialWorking Memory, Spatial Short-term Memory and Executive Function on a sample of first year engineering students. The results show that Spatial Working Memory (SWM) is the most important predictor of academic success in Technical Drawing. In our view, SWM tests can be useful for detecting as early as possible those students who will require more attention and support in the teaching-learning process.
dc.languageeng
dc.relationJournal for Geometry and Graphics
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectSpatial visualization
dc.subjectTechnical drawing
dc.subjectWorking memory
dc.titlePredicting academic success of engineering students in technical drawing from working memory
dc.typeOtro


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