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Global Journal of Computer Science and Technology: A
Hardware & Computation
Volume 17 Issue 1 Version 1.0 Year 2017
Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal
Publisher: Global Journals Inc. (USA)
Online ISSN: 0975-4172 & Print ISSN: 0975-4350
Spatial Intelligence as Related to Success on Regular and Constrained
Electronic Puzzle Formats
By Rani Deepika Balavendran Joseph, Tika Malla, Thomas Miles, Jeanne Tunks
& Gayatri Mehta
University of North Texas
Abstract- This paper is focused on how spatial learners perform on regular and constrained
puzzles in an online scientific game. We used UNTANGLED, an interactive game to conduct the
study presented in this manuscript. Players were presented a set of puzzles in both regular and
constrained versions. The motivation behind this study was to examine the success rate of
spatial learners in regular and constrained settings of the same puzzles. Our results suggest that
spatially intelligent participants who played both regular and constrained puzzle format of the
same game showed significant differences at the p=.05 level, indicating a level of spatial
intelligence that is unprecedented. These participants showed signs of spatial intelligence
necessary to solve electrical engineering problems. Our findings suggest a valuable use for
electronic puzzles/games to determine which students are spatially intelligent, and potentially
suited to engineering.
Keywords: spatial intelligence, engineering games, scientific puzzle games, STEM games.
GJCST-A Classification: I.2.1, I.2
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