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Spatial Thinking Concepts in Early Grade-Level Geography Standards
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Anthamatten, Peter – Journal of Geography, 2010
Research in the cognition and learning sciences has demonstrated that the human brain contains basic structures whose functions are to perform a variety of specific spatial reasoning tasks and that children are capable of learning basic spatial concepts at an early age. There has been a call from within geography to recognize research on spatial…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Geography, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Spatial Ability