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Bakar, Kamariah Abu; Way, Jennifer; Bobis, Janette – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2016
This paper explores young children's drawings (6 years old) in early number and addition activities in Malaysia. Observation, informal interviews and analysis of drawings revealed two types of drawing, and gave insight into the transitional process required for children to utilise drawings in problem solving. We argue the importance of valuing and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Freehand Drawing, Problem Solving
Moorman, Margaret M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Nurse educators are called upon to provide creative, innovative experiences for students in order to prepare nurses to work in complex healthcare settings. As part of this preparation, teaching observational and communication skills is critical for nurses and can directly affect patient outcomes. Visual thinking strategies (VTS) are a teaching…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies
Presmeg, Norma C. – 1993
Imagery use in high school mathematics classrooms was studied. A visual image was defined as a mental scheme depicting visual or spatial information, but this definition was not spelled out to teachers or students, in order to learn what they meant by the concept. Subjects were 13 high school teachers and 54 of their students interviewed over 3…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Generalization, High School Students