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The Effects of an Inquiry-Based Earth Science Course on the Spatial Thinking of Pre-Service Elementary Teacher Education Students
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Weakley, Kevin Douglas – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the effectiveness of two geography courses at improving student spatial thinking skills. Spatial thinking is an important cognitive skill in the sciences and everyday life. A taxonomy of spatial thinking was constructed by Gersmehl (2008) in geography education which included core modes assessed in this study: comparison,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Geography Instruction, Elementary Education, Geography