THE IMPORTANCE OF SPATIAL REASONING SKILLS IN UNDERGRADUATE GEOLOGY STUDENTS AND THE EFFECT OF WEEKLY SPATIAL SKILL TRAININGS – WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON THE GENDER GAP

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne U. Gold ◽  
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Philip Pendergast ◽  
Carol J. Ormand ◽  
David Budd ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Stone ◽  

A complete Rasch multi-faceted analysis was performed on the draft Spatial Reasoning Assessment. While the psychometric report presents the complete analysis for the examination, this discussion proceeds step-by-step to understand the way in which the analysis proceeded, and the findings therein. The findings were that holistically, the instrument performed admirably. As a pretest, it is likely that students were not expected to demonstrate certain reasoning skills (e.g., GIS) as indeed they did not. The rating scale functions well to capture the examiner judgement. Overall, the instrument works together as a functional assessment, capturing the general construct of Spatial Reasoning.


Revemop ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Tod Shockey ◽  
John Bear Mitchell

<p>This paper focuses on the construction of a hand drum by a Native American drum maker, and the construction of an anastomosis by a thoracic cardiovascular surgeon. Neither activity occurred with written instructions or illustrations. Each construction occurred through the ability to move mental images and procedures to their fingertips using their visuospatial reasoning (Owens, 2015). For the drum maker, learning was through mentorship, observation, and practice. Each of them, the drum maker and surgeon, developed rich spatial reasoning skills that are built on relationships. For the drum maker the relationships have to do with the geometry of the drum and it’s components just as the surgical geometry relationships exist in the operating room. For the drum maker tensions are felt with the fingertips, the same experience of the surgeon. Parallels are highlighted between these seemingly unrelated activities with a discussion of possible implications for Mathematics Education.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong>: Ethnomathematics. Drum Making. Emic. Etic. Visuospatial Reasoning.</p><p><strong><br /></strong></p><p><strong>Raciocínio visuoespacial: uma comparação entre a construção de um tambor de mão nativo americano e a geometria cirúrgica</strong></p><p align="center"> </p><p>Este artigo centra-se na construção de um tambor de mão por um fabricante de tambor nativo americano e na construção de uma anastomose por um cirurgião cardiovascular torácico. Nenhuma das atividades ocorrerram com instruções ou ilustrações escritas. Cada construção ocorreu através da sua capacidade de mover imagens e procedimentos mentais na ponta dos dedos com a utilização do raciocínio visuoespacial (Owens, 2015). Para o fabricante do tambor, o aprendizado ocorreu por meio da orientação, da observação e da prática. Cada um deles, o fabricante do tambor e o cirurgião, desenvolveu ricas habilidades de raciocínio espacial baseadas em relacionamentos. Para o fabricante de tambor, os relacionamentos têm a ver com a geometria do tambor e os seus componentes, assim como as relações de geometria cirúrgica existem na sala de operação. Para a resistência do tambor, as tensões são sentidas com a ponta dos dedos, a mesma experiência do cirurgião. Paralelos são destacados entre essas atividades aparentemente não relacionadas com a discussão de possíveis implicações para a Educação Matemática.</p><p><strong>Palavras-chave</strong>: Etnomatemática, Construindo Tambores, Êmica, Ética, Raciocínio Visuoespacial.</p><p><strong><br /></strong></p><p><strong>Razonamiento visuoespacial: una comparación entre la construcción de un tambor de mano nativo americano y la geometría quirúrgica</strong></p><p><strong></strong>Este artículo se centra en la construcción de un tambor de mano por un fabricante de tambor nativo americano y en la construcción de una anastomosis por un cirujano cardiovascular torácico. Ninguna de las actividades ocurrió con instrucciones o ilustraciones escritas. Cada construcción ocurrió a través de su capacidad para mover imágenes y procedimientos mentales en la punta de los dedos con la utilización del raciocinio visuoespacial (Owens, 2015). Para el fabricante del tambor, el aprendizaje ocurrió por medio de la orientación, la observación y la práctica. Cada uno de ellos, el fabricante del tambor y el cirujano, desarrolló ricas habilidades de raciocinio espacial basadas en relaciones. Para el fabricante de tambor, las relaciones tienen que ver con la geometría del tambor y sus componentes, así como las relaciones de geometría quirúrgica existen en la sala de operación. Para la resistencia del tambor, las tensiones se sienten con la punta de los dedos, la misma experiencia del cirujano. Los paralelos se destacan entre estas actividades aparentemente no relacionadas con la discusión de posibles implicaciones para la Educación Matemática.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Palabra clave: </strong>Etnomatemática. Construyendo Tambores. Ética, Ética. Raciocinio Visuoespacial.</p>


2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 304-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tashana D. Howse ◽  
Mark E. Howse

These learning activities are designed to facilitate students' development of spatial reasoning skills through the use of attribute blocks.


2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 478-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Carlisle ◽  
Julian Tyson ◽  
Martina Nieswandt

The study of chemistry requires the understanding and use of spatial relationships, which can be challenging for many students. Prior research has shown that there is a need to develop students' spatial reasoning skills. To that end, this study implemented guided activities designed to strengthen students' spatial skills, with the aim of improving their understanding of spatial relationships that exist within and between molecules. Undergraduate STEM majors, taking the second semester of a two-semester general chemistry course, engaged in these activities. This study followed a quasi-experimental design, in which the experimental (n = 209) and the control group (n = 212) were administered a pre-test. At the completion of the semester, both groups participated in a post-test designed to measure spatial skill acquisition. A one-way ANOVA confirmed that student performance differed significantly between the three interventions and the control group. Students who completed three activities scored higher than those who completed only two, suggesting continuity is an important feature of spatial training. In particular, our results show improvement in three skill areas: symmetry plane identification, visualization of molecules and translation between 2D and 3D representations. The results of this study show that spatial skills can be successfully enhanced through the use of relevant guided activities designed to improve student understanding of external representations. Our findings show that the use of activities which require students to sketch molecular models from different perspectives, locate a plane of symmetry on a 3D model and on a 2D sketch of the same molecule, as well as position physical models to match 2D sketches containing dash/wedge cues is an effective approach to the teaching and learning of spatial skills in general chemistry.


Author(s):  
Ramazan Atasoy ◽  
Celalettin Özden

This work aimed to examine the effects of coding utilization in the technology anddesign course on students’ visual-spatial reasoning skills. The study is based on asequential mixed-method design. The quantitative dimension of the research wasconducted in a random experimental pattern, with the implemented pre-test and posttestin the control group; the qualitative dimension utilized the interview technique.The reserarch sample included students of Şehit Hüseyin Ruso Secondary School inNicosia, Northern Cyprus, in school year 2016 -2017. Visual–Spatial Reasoning Testdeveloped by the researcher was used for obtaining quantitative data, and a semistructuredinterview form for qualitative data. The quantitative data were analyzedwith the use of the independent sampling t-test, Cohen’s d effect size coefficiency,and two-way variance analyses; content analysis was implemented for qualitativedata. It was established that spatial reasoning skills of the students who used codingare significantly different to those of students who did not use coding; experimentalgroup had a positive attitude toward the course and used their cognitive, sensory andpsychomotor skills on a high level. It can be said that coding is an important factor fordeveloping visual-spatial reasoning skills of students in this context.Keywords: coding; education; Scratch; skills; visual - spatial reasoning


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baby Vivian Leigh Esenbock

This project is designed to look at the differences in spatial reasoning skills between string and non string musicians.


Author(s):  
Fernando Gómez Hermosa ◽  
Laia Miravet Garret ◽  
Francisco José Ortíz Zamora ◽  
Carmen Ladrón de Guevara Muñoz ◽  
Fernando Nieto Reigal

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