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Al-Balushi, Sulaiman M. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2013
The purpose of the current study was to examine the nature of the relationship between learners' distrust of scientific models that represent unseen entities and phenomena, their spatial ability, and the vividness of their mental images. The sample consisted of 302 tenth grade students in the Sultanate of Oman. Three measures were used for this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Grade 10, Models
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Al-Balushi, Sulaiman M.; Coll, Richard Kevin – International Journal of Science Education, 2013
The current study compared different learners' static and dynamic mental images of unseen scientific species and processes in relation to their spatial ability. Learners were classified into verbal, visual and schematic. Dynamic images were classified into: appearing/disappearing, linear-movement, and rotation. Two types of scientific entities and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Visualization, Spatial Ability, Grade 9