Spatial Visualization Ability and Learning Style Preference Assessment Among Construction Related Undergraduate Engineering and Technology Students

Learning styles have been associated with academic performance of engineering and technology students. The aim of the present study was to identify the learning styles of students and investigating the relationship between learning style subscale scores and academic performance, and thereby determining whether the learning styles predict the academic performance of engineering and technology students in India. We used the Index of Learning Styles (ILS) to determine the learning styles of students and used Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) for academic performance. The Pearson correlation, ANOVA and stepwise regression tests were used to find the correlation between academic performance and learning styles, the difference between the academic performance of groups and to identify the predictors of academic performance respectively. The most strongly preferred learning style was sequential (75.1%). The academic performance had a significant positive correlation with age and four learning styles namely sequential, sensing, visual and active (p=0.000). The sequential learning style was the powerful predictor of academic performance of students in comparison to other learning styles (p=0.000). Studying methods of students and teaching approaches of faculty consistent with the sequential and sensing learning styles may increase the academic performance among students enrolled for engineering and technology degree course in the higher education institutions in India.

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A Comparative Analysis of Holographic, 3D-Printed, and Computer-Generated Models: Implications for Engineering Technology Students’ Spatial Visualization Ability

Journal of Technology Education ◽

10.21061/jte.v29i2.a.3 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 36-53 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Petros Katsioloudis ◽

Mildred Jones

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Spatial Visualization ◽

Engineering Technology ◽

Technology Students ◽

3D Printed ◽

Visualization Ability

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Longitudinal study of computer usage in flexible engineering education

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology ◽

10.14742/ajet.1798 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Stuart R. Palmer ◽

Sharyn L. Bray

Keyword(s):

Teaching And Learning ◽

Computer Usage ◽

The Internet ◽

Network Access ◽

Online Delivery ◽

Undergraduate Engineering ◽

Technology Students ◽

Engineering And Technology ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

The University

<span>A longitudinal analysis of computer usage by commencing students in Deakin University's undergraduate engineering and technology programs over the period 1998 to 2001 revealed that; access to computers was at high levels; mean computer usage for off campus students had not changed significantly, but had risen significantly for on campus students; while access to the Internet / WWW had not increased significantly, reported regular use of the Internet / WWW had risen significantly; while most students continued to report their source of Internet / WWW access as either home or university, the proportion reporting home as their source of access had risen significantly; and the reported regular use of email rose significantly. Other results are also presented.</span><p>These results imply that commencing engineering and technology students are well placed to adopt online delivery and support of teaching and learning. However, while it might now be reasonable to assume that all students have access to computers and the Internet, the experiences of on campus students in computer laboratories with broadband network access will be different from off campus students accessing the Internet via a dialup modem connection. A small proportion of commencing students were unaware of the computing facilities provided by the university; an orientation program covering computing facilities and services would benefit all commencing students.</p>

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