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Can Virtual Reality Be Used Train Spatial Perception?

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The Water Level Test (WLT), which was invented by Piaget and Inhelder in the 1950s, is one test that is used to determine people’s spatial skills. Spatial abilities are very important in the geosciences in practices like finding the strike and dip of strata and reading topographic maps. Some people are better with some spatial tasks and thus are able to succeed at higher rates in areas like the geosciences. Luckily, research suggests that with practice and training people may be able to improve their spatial capabilities. One possibility for training these skills is by using virtual reality (VR) modules. Dr. Katy Johanesen has been working to produce a VR module to help train spatial perception, the skill tested in the WLT. The module’s success will then be determined using a test created to assess the effects of the VR when used to train spatial perception in students. This will be a pre and post-test designed to test initial spatial perception skills. These tests will be administered to two groups of students, one group who will be training on the VR module and one control group, who will not be training on the VR. If successful, the ability to train spatial skills using VR could open doors into areas like the geosciences for people who typically may not succeed due to undeveloped spatial skills.


MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Hanneliese Scheel. Can Virtual Reality Be Used Train Spatial Perception?. Juniata College. juniata.hykucommons.org/concern/etds/e7de5c39-9645-467e-9c2b-df0bcf195958?locale=es.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

H. Scheel. Can Virtual Reality Be Used Train Spatial Perception?. https://juniata.hykucommons.org/concern/etds/e7de5c39-9645-467e-9c2b-df0bcf195958?locale=es

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Hanneliese Scheel. Can Virtual Reality Be Used Train Spatial Perception?. Juniata College. https://juniata.hykucommons.org/concern/etds/e7de5c39-9645-467e-9c2b-df0bcf195958?locale=es.

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