Learning to think spatially.
Examines how spatial thinking might be incorporated into existing standards-based instruction across the school curriculum. Spatial thinking must be recognized as a fundamental part of K 12 education and as an integrator and a facilitator for problem solving across the curriculum. With advances in c...
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| Språk: | engelska |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academies Press,
©2006.
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| Länkar: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=148930 |
Innehållsförteckning:
- Introduction
- The nature of spatial thinking
- Spatial thinking in everyday life, at work, and in science
- Teaching and learning about spatial thinking
- Responding to the need for spatial thinkers
- Tools for thought: the concept of a support system
- High-tech support systems for spatial thinking
- An assessment of GIS as a system for supporting spatial thinking in the K-12 context
- GIS as a support system for spatial thinking
- Conclusions and recommendations
- The spatial thinker.