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Johnson, Ronald C.; And Others – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1984
Examined the relationship between performance on left and right hemisphere dominant measures of cognition and performance on dichotic memory tasks in 53 adults age 50 and older. Right hemisphere performance on dichotic and cognitive tasks showed a negative association with age while left hemisphere performance showed no decline. (JAC)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Ability, Individual Differences
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Cohen, Herbert – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1983
Investigated whether examining materials from several perspectives had greater effect on development of projective spatial abilities than examining materials from a single perspective. Results using 105 students (56 females, 49 males) favored the former approach. Also, sex was determined to have no direct effect on development of projective…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Grade 5
Yiannoutsou, Nikoleta; Kynigos, Chronis – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2004
We report research on meanings of scale generated by pairs of 14 year-old students engaged in joint map-construction. Characteristics of the learning environment, such as the communicational orchestration, the use of experientially familiar objects in space as starting points for creating figural representations and the interrelated…
Descriptors: Cartography, Spatial Ability, Map Skills, Cooperative Learning
Ayala, Carlos Cuauhtemoc; Shavelson, Richard; Ayala, Mary Ann – 2001
This study explored some aspects of reasoning needed to complete science performance assessments, i.e., students' hands-on investigations scored for the scientific justifiability of the findings. The reasoning demands of science performance assessments were studied focusing on three dimensions identified from a previous analysis of data from the…
Descriptors: High School Students, High Schools, Knowledge Level, Performance Based Assessment
Greenes, Carole – 1998
What should constitute a preschool mathematics program for children ages 3 and a half to 5 years? What mathematical ideas could youngsters explore? This paper discusses six broad mathematical concepts for investigation by preschoolers: number, space and location, shape, patterns, measurement, and permutations. For each big idea, activities are…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Curriculum
Kozhevnikov, Maria; Hegarty, Mary; Mayer, Richard – 1999
This report describes a study that investigated the relationship between mental imagery and problem solving in physics, specifically in kinematics. A distinction is made between visual imagery and spatial imagery used in solving physics problems. The results of this study indicate that while spatial imagery may promote problem solving success, the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Higher Education, Mechanics (Physics)
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Schipper, Wilhelm – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1983
Several critical questions concerning the topological primacy thesis were raised in an extensive literature survey (SE 531 428). Three points related to this criticism are discussed and reinforced, including a reexamination of Laurendeau and Pinard's data (showing that they do not support the hypothesis of topological primacy in children's…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Hines, Sandra N. – Educational Computer, 1983
Describes a study conducted with six pupils using Apple II Plus microcomputers and LOGO to determine whether five year olds can perform simple computer programing. This report describes the introductory educational games and activities, the pre- and posttests, some general findings, and possible implications for the teaching of problem-solving…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Early Childhood Education, Educational Games, Instructional Materials
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Small, Melinda Y.; Morton, Mary E. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1983
Determined if spatial training (independent of classroom, laboratories, and instructors) would improve achievement of organic chemistry students (N=67) at a small liberal arts college and if advanced chemistry students could benefit from such training. The spatial training program systematically developed skills required to use model kits…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education
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Lally, Mike; Macleod, Iain – Impact of Science on Society, 1982
Discusses the role of computer assisted instruction in helping children develop such basic skills as handwriting, reading, and understanding elementary numerical and spatial concepts. Indicates that techniques based on computer assisted instruction will aid children in academic and social development. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Concept Formation, Elementary Education
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Dodds, Allan G. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1983
Differences in how the two hemispheres of the brain handle spatial information were studied with blind subjects and blindfolded sighted subjects. The performances of all groups declined as the relative disorientation between the target and its duplicate increased, suggesting that visual imagery is not crucial to mental rotation. (Author/SEW)
Descriptors: Adventitious Impairments, Blindness, Cerebral Dominance, Congenital Impairments
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Moses, Barbara – Arithmetic Teacher, 1982
It is suggested that there are three levels of difficulty posing barriers to successful problem-solving performance: (1) entry into the problem; (2) basic skills; and (3) general cognitive skills. The levels are described in some detail and suggestions for instructional methods are given. (MP)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction
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Shelton, M. D.; And Others – Journal of Gerontology, 1982
Examined the hypothesis that aging and hemispheric laterality interact to produce relatively greater decrements in older individuals in right hemispheric dominant (visuospatial) than left hemispheric dominant (verbal) tasks in 24 early middle-aged and 24 older males. Data did not support the notion of a laterality effect associated with aging.…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Processes
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Young, Jerry L. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1982
Some geometric activities are described that teachers can use to give their students experiences that will influence their spatial abilities. It is noted that the goal is to improve spatial abilities, not to increase knowledge, so individual pupil responses should not be used to judge student achievement. (MP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Geometric Concepts, Geometry
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And Others; Burnett, Sarah A. – Intelligence, 1979
Sex differences in spatial visualization ability accounted for sex differences in mathematical ability for a group of college students. With spatial visualization statistically controlled, no significant sex differences in Quantitative Scholastic Aptitude Test scores were found. Males were more predictable than females due to higher spatial…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Ability, College Mathematics, Correlation
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