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Ortmann, Margaret R.; Schutte, Anne R. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2010
Early in development, there is a transition in spatial working memory (SWM). When remembering a location in a homogeneous space (e.g., in a sandbox), young children are biased toward the midline symmetry axis of the space. Over development, a transition occurs that leads to older children being biased away from midline. The dynamic field theory…
Descriptors: Young Children, Short Term Memory, Child Development, Spatial Ability
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Unal, Hasan; Jakubowski, Elizabeth; Corey, Darryl – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2009
The objective of this study was to investigate and characterize the geometric thinking and understanding of four pre-service middle and secondary mathematics teachers while considering their spatial ability levels. To investigate the differences, if any, that existed among these pre-service middle and secondary teachers with different spatial…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Geometric Concepts, Mathematics Teachers, Geometry