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This study investigates the following two issues: (1) whether spatial ability is enhanced following design training; and (2) whether differing solution strategies are applied or generated following design training. Based on these issues, we considered design and non-design groups to be independent variables, and spatial tests and solution strategies to be dependent variables. The study findings indicated that the spatial ability factors of spatial visualization and relation were influenced by design training, although the perceptual speed factor was not. In addition, the solution strategy analysis results showed that the holistic solution strategies of the design group were applied more significantly than those of the non-design group, whereas the analytical solution strategies of the non-design group were employed more significantly than those of the design group. In other words, the participants in design group tended to employ holistic solution strategies, whereas those in non-design group tended to adopt analytical strategies.
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Lin, H. (2013). The Influence of Design Training and Spatial Solution Strategies on Spatial Ability Performance. In: Rau, P.L.P. (eds) Cross-Cultural Design. Methods, Practice, and Case Studies. CCD 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8023. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39143-9_45
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