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Gridos, Panagiotis; Avgerinos, Evgenios; Deliyianni, Eleni; Elia, Iliada; Gagatsis, Athanasios; Geitona, Zoi – European Educational Researcher, 2021
This study aims to examine the relation between spatial ability and creativity in Geometry. Data was collected from 94 ninth graders. Three spatial abilities were investigated: spatial visualization, spatial relations and closure flexibility. As for students' creativity, it was examined through a multiple solution problem in Geometry focusing on…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Creativity, Geometry, Problem Solving
Sudirman; Runisah; Yaya Sukjaya Kusumah; Bambang Avip Priatna Martadiputra – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2023
3D geometry is an essential concept in mathematics because it relates to real-world experiences and numerous mathematical topics. However, some students still have difficulty understanding this geometry. Therefore, this study aims to identify and describe students' epistemological obstacles to the dimensions of representation, spatial structure,…
Descriptors: Geometry, Mathematical Concepts, Teaching Methods, Junior High School Students
Vagova, Renata; Kmetova, Maria; Lavicza, Zsolt – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2020
Although we move and live in three-dimensional space, many prefer "two-dimensional" thinking in mathematics lessons. As a result, the transition between physical objects and their graphical representations can be considered one of the most common difficulties in learning and teaching solid geometry. This paper describes results of our…
Descriptors: Geometry, Visualization, Problem Solving, Visual Aids
Eva Hejnová; Petr Eisenmann; Lucie Loukotová; Jirí Pribyl – Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, 2024
The paper describes the results of a study whose main aim was to find the interrelationship between pupils' school grades in Czech language (native), mathematics, and physics and pupils' cognitive predispositions to problem-solving in science and mathematics diagnosed by the Lawson Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning and the Culture of Problem…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Problem Solving, Slavic Languages, Grades (Scholastic)
Antequera-Barroso, Juan Antonio; Revuelta-Domínguez, Francisco-Ignacio; Guerra Antequera, Jorge – Education Sciences, 2022
Video game use is widespread among all age groups, from young children to older adults. The wide variety of video game genres, which are adapted to all tastes and needs, is one of the factors that makes them so attractive. In many cases, video games function as an outlet for stress associated with everyday life by providing an escape from reality.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Problem Solving, Mathematics Skills, Video Games
Lee, Hwa Young; Hardison, Hamilton L.; Kandasamy, Sindura; Guajardo, Lino – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2020
In this report, we present how one prospective elementary teacher (PT) engaged in the Ant Farm Task, which we designed to investigate PTs' reasoning about coordinate systems. We highlight the cognitive resources the PT drew upon in solving the task via the establishment of a Cartesian coordination and consider educational implications. [For the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Cognitive Processes, Geometry
Vágová, Renáta; Kmetová, Mária – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2019
Visualisation is a necessary ability for students' mathematical education. The appearance of multiple Dynamic Geometry Software (DGS) has a stronger impact each day, and it raises many questions in the minds of researchers. In this paper, we present the findings of our exploratory case study in which a student preferring visual problem solving…
Descriptors: Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Computer Software
Valentine, Keri Duncan; Theodore, J. Kopcha – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2020
Current reforms in geometry seek to challenge prevailing ideas about "what it means to do mathematics" (p. 139) by engaging learners in "the grasping of space" (p. 241). This study takes up this challenge by investigating problematizing activity as an embodied phenomenon among 21 eighth-grade learners who engaged with spatial…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Skills, Problem Solving
Kiernan, Nicola A.; Manches, Andrew; Seery, Michael K. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2021
Visuospatial thinking is considered crucial for understanding of three-dimensional spatial concepts in STEM disciplines. Despite their importance, little is known about the underlying cognitive processing required to spatially reason and the varied strategies students may employ to solve visuospatial problems. This study seeks to identify and…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Spatial Ability, Cognitive Processes, Thinking Skills
Dimmel, Justin K.; Pandiscio, Eric A.; Bock, Camden; Reedman, Emma – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2021
We report the design of an analog technology, what we refer to as a SunRule, that uses sunlight to model multiplication. Physical models that explore multiplication are fixtures in elementary mathematics classrooms. Our interest in physical models of multiplication was driven by an overarching design problem: How could a physical tool realize a…
Descriptors: Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Multiplication, Light
Fastame, Maria Chiara – School Psychology International, 2021
The relationships between visuo-spatial abilities and geometry performances in school-aged children were examined. A battery of tests assessing non-verbal reasoning, visuo-spatial mental imagery, and academic achievement in geometry (i.e., geometric knowledge and geometric problem-solving competencies) was presented to 162 8-9.5-year-old pupils…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Geometry, Correlation, Mathematics Achievement
Bintoro, Henry Suryo; Sukestiyarno, Y. L.; Mulyono; Walid – European Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Spatial thinking has roles to facilitate learners to remember, understand, reason, and communicate objects and the connections among objects that are represented in space. This research aims to analyze the spatial thinking process of students in constructing new knowledge seen from the field-independent cognitive style learners based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Spatial Ability, Thinking Skills, Cognitive Processes
Patkin, Dorit; Plaksin, Olga – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2019
In this study, we aim to explore the extent of mathematics pre-service teachers' ability to apply their procedural understanding combined with spatial perception for drawing conceptual conclusions related to angles in a pyramid. The participants are 16 pre-service high school mathematics teachers. They have studied solid geometry during one…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, Spatial Ability
Yani, Muhammad; Rosma, Fatemah – Malikussaleh Journal of Mathematics Learning, 2020
Every student must have and develop spatial abilities to be successful in learning geometry. The rapid development of technology also allows teachers to use Macromedia Flash as an alternative in developing and improving students' spatial abilities. This study aimed to determine and describe the improvement of the students' spatial ability after…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Geometry, Technology Integration, Student Improvement
Sun, Koun Tem; Chen, Meng Hsun – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2020
In this paper, the development of the MAR (mobile augmented reality) remedial teaching program is described. It allowed students to manipulate augmented objects through AURASMA app via internet and find leads to solve geometry problems regarding compound-cube-surface area. In order to foster students' spatial abilities, the program provided…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Elementary School Mathematics