Métodos de entrenamiento de las habilidades espaciales de los estudiantes de titulaciones técnicas

  1. Jesús Mataix Sanjuán 1
  2. Carlos León Robles 1
  3. Juan Francisco Reinoso Gordo 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

Journal:
EGA: revista de expresión gráfica arquitectónica

ISSN: 1133-6137

Year of publication: 2015

Issue: 26

Pages: 278-287

Type: Article

DOI: 10.4995/EGA.2015.3324 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Spatial skills are essential tools for engineers and architects during their training and career. However, consecutive curricula, in particular those in the European Higher Education Area, are assigning increasingly less credits to Graphic Expression courses, resulting in insufficient attention to the development of those skills. Considering this situation, over the past few decades many Graphic Expression teachers have conducted studies that analyse several methods for training spatial skills. This paper describes some of the main studies and their results, in which a major conclusion is that freehand sketching exercises are the most effective to develop spatial skills, more than modelling with CAD software or using innovative tools and specific applications.

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