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Engineering Self-Efficacy And Spatial Visualization: Connecting The Spatial Dots, Katrina L. Carlson
Engineering Self-Efficacy And Spatial Visualization: Connecting The Spatial Dots, Katrina L. Carlson
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Questions exist as to why students in the ENG 1002: Introduction to Spatial Visualization (Spat Vis) course, an intervention course at Michigan Technological University (MTU), have historically attained higher average grades in their first year STEM courses, such as Engineering I and II, calculus I and II, computer science, and chemistry courses. Research shows the retention rate, especially of women, is higher for students who have taken Spatial Visualization. One possible explanation for these observed benefits may be related to the students’ confidence in their ability (self-efficacy) to gain the engineering graphics skills needed to become an engineer. No work …