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5 - Spatial Skills, Reasoning, and Mathematics

from Part II - Science and Math

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2019

By
Nora S. Newcombe ,
Julie L. Booth  and
Elizabeth A. Gunderson
Edited by
John Dunlosky  and
Katherine A. Rawson
John Dunlosky
Affiliation:
Kent State University, Ohio
Katherine A. Rawson
Affiliation:
Kent State University, Ohio
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The purpose of this chapter is to evaluate the potential of leveraging mathematics learning based on the links between spatial thinking and mathematical learning. We discuss empirical evidence at various levels of analyses that suggest harnessing spatial skills could improve students' math learning and describe important avenues for future research in this important and growing area.
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The Cambridge Handbook of Cognition and Education , pp. 100 - 123
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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