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Jakab, Imrich; Ševcík, Michal; Grežo, Henrich – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2017
The methods of geospatial data processing are being continually innovated, and universities that are focused on educating experts in Environmental Science should reflect this reality with an elaborate and purpose-built modernization of the education process, education content, as well as learning conditions. Geographic Information Systems (GIS)…
Descriptors: Models, Higher Education, Geographic Information Systems, Environmental Education
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Chrastil, Elizabeth R.; Warren, William H. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2013
It seems intuitively obvious that active exploration of a new environment would lead to better spatial learning than would passive visual exposure. It is unclear, however, which components of active learning contribute to spatial knowledge, and previous literature is decidedly mixed. This experiment tests the contributions of 4 components to…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Navigation, Video Technology, Decision Making
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Chokron, Sylvie; Colliot, Pascale; Atzeni, Thierry; Bartolomeo, Paolo; Ohlmann, Theophile – Brain and Cognition, 2004
Eighty blindfolded healthy female subjects participated in an active and a passive straight-ahead pointing task to study the estimation of the subjective sagittal middle in the presence or absence of an active haptic exploration. Subjects were to point straight-ahead with their left or right index finger starting from different right- or…
Descriptors: Females, Spatial Ability, Motion, Task Analysis