Date of Award
2024
Document Type
Open Access Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Applied Cognitive Science and Human Factors (MS)
Administrative Home Department
Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences
Advisor 1
Shane Mueller
Advisor 2
Michelle Jarvie-Eggart
Committee Member 1
Mary Raber
Abstract
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 to date has explored the influence of the intervention on student self-efficacy. This work explores the impact of the Spatial Visualization intervention course on first year engineering students’ self-efficacy.
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Recommended Citation
Carlson, Katrina L., "ENGINEERING SELF-EFFICACY AND SPATIAL VISUALIZATION: CONNECTING THE SPATIAL DOTS", Open Access Master's Thesis, Michigan Technological University, 2024.