The performance of engineering students on the Group Embedded Figures Test

Author

Clark, Sheri ; Seat, Elaine ; Weber, Fred

Author_Institution

Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

6/22/1905 12:00:00 AM

Abstract

The Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT) measures the ability of a person to disembed or pull out specified objects from a given background. The ability to disembed has been shown to be a necessary skill in problem solving and is consequently thought of as a necessary trait for individuals interested in engineering. Therefore, the GEFT has the potential to be used as a predictor of student success in an engineering program. In order to test this hypothesis, the GEFT was given to undergraduate engineering students (with both high and low academic success) and to a control group of liberal arts students at The University of Tennessee in Knoxville. The paper presents the results of the comparisons and the implications for improving engineering student performance

Keywords

engineering education; testing; GEFT; Group Embedded Figures Test; control group; disembedding ability; engineering program; engineering student performance; liberal arts students; problem solving; student success; undergraduate engineering students; Art; Data engineering; Educational institutions; Engineering students; Ethics; Mathematics; Performance analysis; Problem-solving; Quality management; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2000. FIE 2000. 30th Annual

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6424-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2000.897625

Filename

897625