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Ella C. Schoenen; Julie C. Martinez; Paulina Grekov; Kathleen B. Aspiranti; David Hulac – Education and Treatment of Children, 2024
Fidget devices are often used in classrooms to help students move their bodies while attending to academic or behavioral directives. Devices range from small handheld tools such as spinners and tangle puzzles to larger full-body devices such as exercise balls. The current study provides a meta-analysis of the effects of fidget devices as academic…
Descriptors: Students, Sensory Aids, Manipulative Materials, Object Manipulation
Alvin G. Bansil; Erna V. Yabut – Journal of Practical Studies in Education, 2025
Physical manipulatives enhanced knowledge acquisition by engaging learners in hands-on experiences that supported spatial reasoning. These tools allowed learners to see, touch, and manipulate objects, improving their ability to mentally rotate and visualize structures. This study challenged the assumption that most learners are purely visual by…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Skill Development, Spatial Ability, Abstract Reasoning
Grace Bennett-Pierre; Thomas F. Shipley; Nora S. Newcombe; Elizabeth A. Gunderson – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2025
Non-rigid spatial thinking, or mental transformations where the distance between two points in an object changes (e.g., folding, breaking, bending), is required for many STEM fields but remains critically understudied. We developed and tested a non-rigid, ductile spatial skill measure based on reasoning about knots with 279 US adults (M = 30.90,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Spatial Ability, Gender Differences, Object Manipulation
Nasser Mansour; Ceren Aras; Judith Kleine Staarman; Sarah Bader Mohsen Alotaibi – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Augmented Reality (AR) revolutionizes educational approaches by providing an immersive experience that superimposes virtual 3D elements onto the physical environment. This integration of virtual and real worlds addresses the challenge of understanding abstract concepts by enabling three-dimensional visualization and interaction. This study aims to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Computer Simulation, Science Instruction
Frank Liu – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Virtual reality (VR) provides significant opportunities for students to experience immersive education. In VR, students can travel to the international space station, or go through a science experiment at home. However, the current tactile feedback provided by these systems do not feel real. Controllers do not provide the same tactile feedback…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Computer Simulation, Equipment, Manipulative Materials
Lukas Schmitt; Anke Weber; Dominik Weber; Miriam Leuchter – Early Education and Development, 2024
"Research Findings:" Promoting children's science knowledge by adequate measures such as guided or free play is a cardinal goal of preschool. However, there is considerable variability in preschool teachers' instructional quality in block play, which might be associated with children's domain-specific science skills but also their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum, Preschool Education