Multimedia instructional software for visual reasoning: Visual Reasoning Tutor (VRT)

Author

Hubbard, Carol ; Mengshoel, Ole Jakob ; Moon, Chris ; Kim, Yong Se

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

17-23 Jun 1996

Firstpage

261

Lastpage

268

Abstract

Visual reasoning is an essential skill for an engineer to possess, particularly as computer-aided design tools become more prevalent. We describe an innovative multimedia application that provides a student with the tools to build a strong foundation in visual reasoning. The system, called the Visual Reasoning Tutor, exploits the missing view problem as a mechanism to develop the visual reasoning abilities of students, and utilizes multimedia capabilities to enhance the learning process. The Visual Reasoning Tutor provides a student with interactive, geometric operations and intelligent critiques at varying levels of help throughout the steps of a student´s solution

Keywords

CAD; courseware; intelligent tutoring systems; interactive systems; multimedia computing; spatial reasoning; CAD; Visual Reasoning Tutor; computer-aided design tools; courseware; intelligent critiques; intelligent tutor; interactive geometric operations; missing view problem; multimedia instructional software; student learning; visual reasoning; Application software; Computer science; Design automation; Design engineering; Graphics; Moon; Multimedia systems; Solids; User interfaces; Visual databases;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multimedia Computing and Systems, 1996., Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hiroshima

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7438-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMCS.1996.534984

Filename

534984