Using Moodle for assessing the development of spatial ability in students who participated on course of BIM

This work presents and discusses a proposal to implement tests to be applied to civil engineering students to evaluate the development of spatial visualization skills after they have attended a course on Building Information Modeling (BIM). Some cognitive actions that occur during the process of arc...

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Authors: Checcucci (UNIVASF), Dndª. Érica de Sousa, Galeffi (UFBA), Dr. Dante Augusto
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2012
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina (UNISUL)
Repository:Poiésis (Tubarão. Online)
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:portaldeperiodicos.animaeducacao.com.br:article/965
Online Access:https://portaldeperiodicos.animaeducacao.com.br/index.php/Poiesis/article/view/965
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:BIM
Cognitive Analysis
Spatial Ability
Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
Present Learning Environment (PLE)
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Análise cognitiva. Testes de visualização espacial
Ambiente Virtual de Aprendizagem (AVA)
Ambiente Atual de Aprendizagem (AAA)
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Summary:This work presents and discusses a proposal to implement tests to be applied to civil engineering students to evaluate the development of spatial visualization skills after they have attended a course on Building Information Modeling (BIM). Some cognitive actions that occur during the process of architectural design and the changes that work with BIM provides are identified. Already established tests to assess the ability of spatial visualization of individuals, presented in the literature, are revised. The implementation of the tests in the "quiz" of moodle is proposed, based on the adaptation of four of these tests already established. Linking literature review on the topics discussed and presenting proposal for practical applications, this paper contributes to the improvement of research in the areas of BIM and virtual learning, deepening aspects relating to human cognitive plasticity and its lifelong formation process.