| id |
a2b4 |
| authors |
Rafi A, Khairul A, Samad A, Maizatul H, Mazlan M |
| year |
2005 |
| title |
Improving spatial ability using a Web-based Virtual Environment (WbVE) |
| source |
Automation in Construction |
| summary |
Spatial ability is one of the cognitive means used in problem solving activities particularly when manipulating and processing visuo-spatial information. With the increasing use of network communication, conventional teaching and learning has shifted towards the development of network environments, online learning, real-time interaction and high quality multi-user collaboration. This paper presents our experiment using a Web-based Virtual Environment (WbVE) that has improved a group of pre-service teachers' spatial ability understanding for teaching Engineering Drawing for secondary school subjects. The experiment is carried out in Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) comprising of 98 pre-service teachers taking the Computer Aided-Design (CAD) course. Selected subjects were pre-tested at the beginning of the semester with spatial tests focusing on mental rotation and spatial visualization to provide the baseline measurement. A desktop WbVE, which was employed and tested in the CAD laboratories to improve their spatial ability for five weeks of instructional treatment, will be demonstrated. Post-testing of spatial tests revealed significantly the overall spatial ability improvements as measured by the test scores. This paper concludes with a discussion on the impact of WbVE spatial learning that will be used as a precedent in the development of the VE teaching and learning prototypes for secondary school in Malaysia. |
| keywords |
Web-based virtual environment; engineering drawing; spatial learning |
| series |
journal paper |
| type |
normal paper |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V20-4F9F8J7-1&_user=152310&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F2005&_alid=457968480&_rdoc=1&_fmt=summary&_orig=search&_cdi=5688&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000012578&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=152310&md5=018e8748a940a11496dcbc2e65832452 |
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