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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Kang, Helen W.; Mohler, James L.; Choi, Soyoung; Chen, Yuehua; Zheng, Chunhui – Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 2011
The authors used holistic and structured interviews to examine Chinese student perspectives on their own spatial ability. The results of this study were compared and contrast with a previous study that was conducted by Mohler (2008) of Caucasian student perspectives in United States. Findings of the current study agree with other literature that…
Descriptors: Interviews, Spatial Ability, Student Development, White Students
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Mohler, James L.; Miller, Craig L. – Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 2008
As the result of a qualitative investigation into spatial ability, a teaching technique called mentored sketching was found to be effective for teaching visualization skills to freshman engineering students. This contribution describes the technique, how it evolved, and comments made by students as to its effectiveness. While mentored sketching…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Teaching Methods, Freehand Drawing, Visualization
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Mohler, James L. – Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 2008
Spatial ability research has been approached from several psychological vantages since its beginnings in the late 1800s. This contribution attempts a summation of spatial ability research, beginning with a historical vignette and a major section on each psychological approach including the psychometric, developmental, differential and information…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Research, Psychometrics, Information Processing
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Mohler, James L. – Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 1997
Presents a command organizer for AutoCAD to aid new uses in operating within the 3-D modeling environment. Addresses analyzing the problem, visualization skills, nonlinear tools, a static view of a dynamic model, the AutoCAD organizer, environment attributes, and control of the environment. Contains 11 references. (JRH)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Design, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Secondary Education