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Spatial Visualization Of High School Geometry Students, Jennifer Crissey
Spatial Visualization Of High School Geometry Students, Jennifer Crissey
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Spatial ability has been defined as “the innate ability to visualize that a person has before any formal training has occurred, i.e., a person is born with ability” (Sorby, 1999, p. 21) and is comprised of spatial orientation and spatial skills.Each of these facets are used in everyday life. High school students can enhance their spatial visualization skills through experiences and instruction. The purpose of this study was to test an intervention with the aim of increasing high school geometry students’ spatial visualization skills. The participants in this study were high school geometry students who were randomly placed in either …
The Investigation Of Non-Stem Undergraduate Students' Geometric Cognition Development Within An Embodied Cognition Lens, Chen Lin
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According to Lakoff & Núñez (2000), the mind does not operate separately in the process of building mathematics concepts. Incorporating the human body and the material surroundings into mathematics learning may contribute to the development of students’ mathematical minds, which is consistent with the theory of embodied cognition asserting that cognition rests on the close interaction between the human body and mind, also coupled with the environment. To seek the possibility of applying this theory to mathematics education, this study examines non-STEM undergraduate students’ geometric cognition development as they took part in a geometry course that integrated the arts and …