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- Title
INVESTIGATING STUDENT TEACHERS' APPROACH TO SOLVING APPLIED ANALYTICAL GRAPHICAL PROBLEMS.
- Authors
Delahunty, Thomas; Seery, Niall; Lynch, Raymond; Lane, Diarmaid
- Abstract
Educating for a broad global context and developing problem-solving capacities are fundame ntal for living in an ever-changing global socie ty. The ability to construc t meaning and apply knowledge in a broad context is cmcial within education ¹ and it is the teacher's responsibility to facilitate this within the s ubject. This focus is diffic ult to embrace within the traditional formal schooling stmctures. Students can ofte n achieve quite we U by traditional assessment measures but often have difficulty when required to use this learned knowledge in new styles of problems ² . Often students pass through the entire schooling system, and perform quite we U, but are una ble to utilise this learned knowledge in broader contexts ³ . It is futu re graphics educators that must establish the c ultural norm. To do thi s an ability to apply and transfer knowledge from one context to another is cmcial. With the objective of a nalysing the complexities of applying previous graphical knowledge to a new context, groups of student teachers were given an applied analytical task based on the geometry of the regular polyhedra to solve. Prior to the prescribed task, students were given the opportunity to develop their graphical analytical knowledge and spatial skills through the completion of a coursework portfolio based on the content of the puzzle. A visual-verbal protocol analysis, similar to Montagueet al . 4 was employed to evaluate stude nts' approaches to solving the puzzle and their ability to transfe r previous ly learned knowledge and s kills to a new s ituation as well as their ability to work coUectively and communicate their ideas. The findings indicate a s ignificant inability to transfer knowledge and skills developed in the coursework portfolio to the new applied analytical task. Despite students' high level of performance in both the portfolio, which assessed graphical knowledge, and the Purdue Spatial Visuali sation Test (PSVT), which examines a bility to mentaUy rotate th reeeli mensional objects, many stude nts were unable to employ an efficie nt approach to solving the applied analytical task. The paper discusses some key variables relating to performance in the applied analytical task and forms the basis for furthe r research in the area
- Subjects
ENGINEERING graphics education; ENGINEERING graphics; MECHANICAL drawing; EDUCATION; SERVICES for students
- Publication
Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 2013, Vol 77, Issue 1, p5
- ISSN
0046-2012
- Publication type
Article