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

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dc.contributor.authorPrieto, Gerardo
dc.contributor.authorVelasco, Angela Dias [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidad de Salamanca
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:27:10Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:27:10Z
dc.date.issued2012-11-27
dc.description.abstractTests 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.en
dc.description.affiliationFacultad de Psicología Universidad de Salamanca, Avda. de la Merced, 109-131, 37005 Salamanca
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista
dc.format.extent111-120
dc.identifier.citationJournal for Geometry and Graphics, v. 16, n. 1, p. 111-120, 2012.
dc.identifier.issn1433-8157
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84869859998
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/73763
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofJournal for Geometry and Graphics
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,162
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dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectSpatial visualization
dc.subjectTechnical drawing
dc.subjectWorking memory
dc.titlePredicting academic success of engineering students in technical drawing from working memoryen
dc.typeArtigo
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Engenharia, Guaratinguetápt
unesp.departmentEngenharia Mecânica - FEGpt

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