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Title:
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VISUAL SELVES: CONSTRUCTION SCIENCE STUDENTS PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THEIR ABILITIES TO REPRESENT SPATIAL RELATED PROBLEMS INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY |
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Author(s):
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Tamera McCuen, Xun Ge |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8533-18-0 |
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Editors:
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Demetrios G Sampson, J. Michael Spector, Dirk Ifenthaler and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2013 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Spatial abilities, visualization, internal representations, external representations |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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319 |
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Last Page:
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322 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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This proposal reports the findings from interviews with construction science students about their visualization of problems in a two-dimensional and a three-dimensional task. The specific research questions focused on the individual characteristics that students identify as influencing their spatial ability to generate internal and external representations. Thematic analysis was used to analyze interview data. The findings showed that the existing instructional model about generating representations internally and externally may need revisions to its sequence and more focus on integrating students prior knowledge and experience. |
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