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Ümmühan Avci – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2025
Aim and background: Today, students are encouraged to develop spatial visualization ability to meet the challenges of digital technologies impacting their daily life and education when exposed more time to a virtual 3D environment. This study investigated the effect of cognitive flexibility levels on students' spatial visualization abilities and…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Cognitive Processes
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Sümen, Özlem Özçakir – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
Spatial skills include the creation of objects in the mind and visualization them from different angles. This study examines the impact of Google SketchUp program on the development of mental rotation skills from spatial skills of eleven-year-old students. The study was conducted as a mixed method research. The quantitative research method of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Visualization, Computer Software, Case Studies
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Gürbüz, Mustafa Çagri; Agsu, Murat; Güler, Hatice Kübra – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2018
Paper folding studies are quite effective in the development of students' visual and spatial skills. The "paper" used in these studies is a genuine tool that can support the development of geometric habits of mind as well as the visual-spatial skills. This is an action research aimed to investigate the potential of paper folding to…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Spatial Ability, Geometric Concepts, Skill Development
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Önal, Gökçe Ketizmen – Design and Technology Education, 2017
This study is mainly about developing an approach for fostering creativity in design education through analyzing the interactions among creative dimensions resembling spatial and organizational pattern of folding as a technique and also by the help of cognitive action of designers: workshop participants. In order to make an assessment, a case…
Descriptors: Creativity, Design, Interaction, Spatial Ability
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Acarturk, Cengiz; Ozcelik, Erol – Journal of Experimental Education, 2017
This study investigates secondary-task interference on eye movements through learning with multimedia. We focus on the relationship between the influence of the secondary task on the eye movements of learners, and the learning outcomes as measured by retention, matching, and transfer. Half of the participants performed a spatial tapping task while…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Eye Movements, Cognitive Processes, Pictorial Stimuli
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Gecu, Zeynep; Cagiltay, Kursat – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2015
Computer games, which are currently very popular among students, can affect different cognitive abilities. The purpose of the present study is to examine undergraduate students' experiences and preferences in playing computer games as well as their mental rotation abilities. A total of 163 undergraduate students participated. The results showed a…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Games, Teaching Methods
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Turgut, Melih – Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers, 2015
This study investigated the effects of gender, academic performance and preschool education on mental rotation skills among Turkish prospective teachers. A total of 525 undergraduate students (364 female) from a government university located in western Turkey completed the Mental Rotation Test (MRT). A three-way [2 (gender) × 5 (academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Academic Achievement, Preschool Education