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Research has shown that lack of experience with spatial skill development keeps girls and underserved minorities from succeeding in engineering. This collection has research on this topic and resources to develop these skills in younger children
Elementary Middle School High School
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a great web site for playing with shapes
article from one of the premier researchers on this topic
research on the biggest stumbling block for girls in engineering--mental rotation of objects
Auto-CAD is a free download for students and this is the intro so that a student can underdtand how to use. This kind of program can be very intimidating for students, especially girls, so this intro is very helpful
Finding the visual-spatial strengths of children
A good article on how to help students voice their thought processes as they learn to visualize and rotate drawings--a pre-engineering skill.
This seems simple to adults, but it can be very difficult for girls.
good link on the science behind the problem of learning visual-spatial reasoning
Great summary of research on women and spatial skills