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Mehmet Küçük; Tarik Talan; Muhammet Demirbilek – Informatics in Education, 2024
This study investigated the effects of 3D model building activities with block codes on students' spatial thinking and computational thinking skills. The study group consists of 5th grade students in a secondary school in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. For the study, a pretestposttest control group was utilized within the experimental…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Spatial Ability, Programming
Rowan, Christopher J.; Mulvey, Bridget K. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2023
Scaled analog modeling ("sandbox modeling") allows deformational processes, such as the development of a mountain belt, to be observed in real time in a classroom setting. However, the actual learning gains from exposure to sandbox modeling in geology courses in higher education settings have not been explicitly studied. We begin to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Innovation, Models, Geology
Robert Richardson – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2024
Area should be experienced, not simply calculated. This task invites students to physically experience areas and the spatial relationships between them, as well as their own community.
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Spatial Ability, Experiential Learning, Physical Environment
Kocak, Omer; Goktas, Yuksel – International Research in Early Childhood Education, 2021
This study aims to analyze the views of children whose spatial concept development is supported by activities conducted with educational cartoons compared to traditional methods. In this context, preschool children's views on the activities, their memory retention of them, and the levels of awareness caused by the activities were investigated.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Preschool Children, Cartoons, Teaching Methods
An Organic Chemistry Activity to Improve Student Understanding of Molecules as 3-Dimensional Objects
Charles E. Jakobsche; Anh-Vy Le – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
This report describes an activity that helps organic chemistry students to better understand organic molecules as 3-dimensional objects. To accomplish this goal, the activity employs a unique three-way combination of analyzing computer-generated 3-dimensional renditions of open access X-ray crystallography data, building physical 3-dimensional…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Molecular Structure, Instructional Materials, Manipulative Materials
Angela R. Crawford; Aysia Kernin – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2023
This study explores volitional and affective responses to instructional activities aimed at developing geometric and spatial vocabulary of a neurodivergent student. Using teaching experiment methodology across 15 instructional sessions, we observed how the student responded to games, direct instruction, and vocabulary support embedded in spatial…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Vocabulary Skills, Self Esteem, Direct Instruction
Lovitt, Charles – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2017
This article describes how Charles Lovitt found a classroom activity in a resource book and by peering through a pedagogy lens, enhanced, tweaked, adapted, and extended the idea into a richer, healthier, well balanced classroom lesson. The task described in the article is often presented to students as a flash card for a limited time with the…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Visual Stimuli, Teaching Methods, Computation
Clark, L. Jeneva; Clark, Jonathan M. – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2020
Perceptually rich concrete manipulatives benefit mathematics learning. Because students should be challenged to consider connections between two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) perspectives of conics (NCTM 2000), this article describes hands-on teaching techniques that promote this type of student reasoning. This article aims to (1)…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Learning Activities, Manipulative Materials
Brady, Corey; Vogelstein, Lauren; Gresalfi, Melissa; Knowe, Madison – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2021
STEM integration holds significant promise for supporting students in making connections among ideas and ways of thinking that might otherwise remain "siloed." Nevertheless, activities that integrate disciplines can present challenges to learners. In particular, they can require students to shift epistemological framing, demands that can…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Computer Science Education, STEM Education, Coding
Kocabas, Sezai; Zhu, Yi; Liang, Yiheng; Bofferding, Laura – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2022
Block building activities help develop students' spatial reasoning, but few studies focus on the development of block building skills beyond preschool. We worked with four kindergarten, four first grade, and four second grade students to learn more about their Lego block building. We compared students' accuracy, building strategies, and spatial…
Descriptors: Toys, Learning Activities, Accuracy, Grade 2
Pollitt, Rachel; Cohrssen, Caroline; Seah, Wee Tiong – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2020
Children are innately mathematical and explore mathematical concepts through play. However, educator beliefs about mathematics can impact the inclusion of mathematics in early childhood education (ECE). Recent research has suggested that spatial reasoning is a key concept which forms the foundations of mathematics learning. The theoretical…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Spatial Ability, Play, Observation
Seah, Rebecca; Beencke, Andrew – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2019
In this article, Rebecca Seah and Andrew Beencke explore the importance of developing critical thinking and spatial reasoning skills. They explore a series of activities designed to develop the visualisation and critical thinking skills with Year 4 students.
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods, Skill Development
Theobald, Rebecca – Geography Teacher, 2021
When a student remembers an educational geography activity involving a map twelve months later, the events count as a step toward spatial understanding. Giant playground and floor maps capture students' attention and inspire teachers to develop new ways to explain geographical features and phenomena. For almost a decade, National Geographic…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Maps, Case Studies, Educational Benefits
Lowell, Victoria L.; Alshammari, Ali – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2019
Role-playing simulations can provide students with experiential learning opportunities to develop strong interviewing and diagnosis skills, and practice skills they are learning in their classes. In this study, students completed role-playing activities in an online 3D virtual counselor training facility, and interviewed "patient"…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Role Playing, Computer Simulation
Ramey, Kay E.; Stevens, Reed; Uttal, David H. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
This study examines the role of spatial reasoning in learning among 5th and 6th grade students participating in a set of in-school, technology-enhanced, STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) making activities. We focus our analysis on a particular type of reasoning: spatial reasoning. Prior research has shown that spatial…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Art Education, Spatial Ability, Problem Solving