Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research methods in engineering education

M Borrego, EP Douglas… - Journal of Engineering …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this research review is to open dialog about quantitative, qualitative, and
mixed research methods in engineering education research. Our position is that no …

[图书][B] Research design

J Creswell - 2012 - academia.edu
Characteristics of mixed methods research Type of mixed methods design (including
decision involved in its choice) Visual model and procedures of the design Data collection …

The influence of the design of mental rotation trials on performance and possible differences between sexes: A theoretical review and experimental investigation

L Jost, P Jansen - Quarterly Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Sex differences in mental rotation performance are one of the largest in cognitive
psychology. Men outperform women by up to 1 SD in psychometric mental rotation tests, but …

The development and assessment of a course for enhancing the 3‐D spatial visualization skills of first year engineering students

SA Sorby, BJ Baartmans - Journal of Engineering education, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
In January 1993, we received NSF funding to develop a pre‐graphics course for freshman
engineering majors who are weak in 3‐D spatial visualization skills. A text and computer lab …

Sex hormones affect spatial abilities during the menstrual cycle.

M Hausmann, D Slabbekoorn… - Behavioral …, 2000 - psycnet.apa.org
The aim of this study was (a) to show that different measures of spatial cognition are
modulated by the menstrual cycle and (b) to analyze which steroid is responsible for these …

The role of spatial reasoning in engineering and the design of spatial instruction

S Hsi, MC Linn, JE Bell - Journal of engineering education, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Many believe that spatial reasoning and visualization contribute to success in engineering.
To investigate this view, we a) studied how students in engineering and engineers in …

Links between spatial and mathematical skills across the preschool years

BN Verdine, RM Golinkoff, K Hirsh-Pasek… - Monographs of the …, 2017 - JSTOR
Links between spatial and mathematical skills across the preschool years LINKS BETWEEN
SPATIAL AND MATHEMATICAL SKILLS ACROSS THE PRESCHOOL YEARS Brian N Verdine …

Women and men exhibit different cortical activation patterns during mental rotation tasks

K Jordan, T Wüstenberg, HJ Heinze, M Peters… - Neuropsychologia, 2002 - Elsevier
The strongest sex differences on any cognitive task, favoring men, are found for tasks that
require the mental rotation of three-dimensional objects. A number of studies have explored …

[图书][B] Women and men of the engineering path: A model for analyses of undergraduate careers

C Adelman - 1998 - books.google.com
This monograph provides college academic administrators, institutional researchers,
professional and learned societies, and academic advisors with information to improve …

The relationship between computer-game preference, gender, and mental-rotation ability

C Quaiser-Pohl, C Geiser, W Lehmann - Personality and Individual …, 2006 - Elsevier
This study examined how computer-game preference relates to mental-rotation test (MRT)
performance and to gender differences. Subjects were 861 German secondary-school …