ERIC - Search Results

Descriptor

Geometric Concepts	2
Mathematics Activities	2
Mathematics Instruction	2
Spatial Ability	2
Thinking Skills	2
Elementary Education	1
Elementary School Mathematics	1
Geometry	1
Intermediate Grades	1
Junior High Schools	1
Mathematical Concepts	1
Middle Schools	1
Visualization	1
More ▼

Source

Mathematics Teaching in the…	1
Teaching Children Mathematics	1

Author

Battista, Michael T.

Publication Type

Guides - Classroom - Teacher	2
Journal Articles	2

Education Level

Audience

Practitioners	2
Teachers	2

Location

Laws, Policies, & Programs

Assessments and Surveys

What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Showing all 2 results Save | Export

The Importance of Spatial Structuring in Geometric Reasoning.

Peer reviewed

Battista, Michael T. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1999

Describes how to deal with students' structuring of rectangular arrays of squares and other two-dimensional regions. Presents activities that connect spatial structuring to the development of multiplicative thinking. (ASK)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometric Concepts, Mathematics Activities

How Many Blocks?

Peer reviewed

Battista, Michael T. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1998

Discusses the extent of students' difficulties with spatial structuring in volume and packing problems. Explains how to help students develop more powerful ways of thinking about such problems. (ASK)

Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools