Does technical drawing increase students' mental rotation ability?

• Published in: Cogent education Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 1489209 - 1489217
• Main Authors: Ogunkola, Babalola, Knight, Carlos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Cogent 01.01.2018; Cogent OA; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: Cognitive Processes; Computer Uses in Education; Control Groups; Educational research; Educational Technology; Engineering; Foreign Countries; Freehand Drawing; Manipulative Materials; mental rotation ability; Pretests Posttests; secondary school; Secondary School Students; Spatial Ability; spatial training; Students; Teaching Methods; technical drawing; Visualization; Barbados

In this article, we examined whether technical drawing increased the mental rotation ability in 13- to 15-year-old students (N = 201). Students were pretested with the Mental Rotations Test. Later, a group of students was exposed to technical drawing for 10 weeks, which involved specific training wi...