Visuospatial reasoning : an ecocultural perspective for space, geometry and measurement education /: an ecocultural perspective for space, geometry and measurement education. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kay Owens.
• Authors: (Educator), Owens, Kay
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Prologue; My Story; Ecocultural Background of Papua New Guinea; Chapter 1: Introduction: Visuospatial Reasoning in Context; The Challenge; Historical Overview of Relevant Research on Spatial Abilities and Visual Imagery; Visuospatial Reasoning and School Test Performance; Visuospatial Reasoning in Mathematics Education Research; Defining Visuospatial Reasoning; Extending the Meaning of Visuospatial Reasoning; Visuospatial Reasoning and Geometry; Bridging from the Psychological to the Ecocultural Perspective. An Ecocultural Perspective on Learning Ecocultural Identity and Mathematical Identity; Moving Forward; Chapter 2: Visuospatial Reasoning in Twentieth Century Psychology-Based Studies; The Challenge; Visuospatial Reasoning and Studies on Spatial Abilities; Visuospatial Reasoning from an Information Processing Perspective; Studies of Learners with Disabilities; Age and Visuospatial Reasoning; Visuospatial Reasoning on Different Tasks; Personal Approaches to Visuospatial Reasoning; Training; Key Study on Children's Visuospatial Reasoning. Visuospatial Reasoning-Getting Inside Children's HeadsHolistic, Concrete, Pictorial Imagery; Excerpt 1; Dynamic Visuospatial Reasoning; Excerpt 2; Visuospatial Action Reasoning; Pattern Visuospatial Reasoning; Excerpt 3; Excerpt 4; Procedural Visuospatial Reasoning; Excerpt 5; Visuospatial Reasoning in Concept Development; Visuospatial Reasoning in Problem Solving; Visuospatial Reasoning in Learning; Visuospatial Reasoning, Metaphor, and Metonomy; Context and Visuospatial Reasoning About 3D Shapes; School Learning Experiences and 3D Visuospatial Reasoning. Visuospatial Reasoning in Context Attention; Unlimited Capacity Model of Attention for Action; Ecology and Visual Perception; Attention and Responsiveness; Developing a Theoretical Framework of Visuospatial Reasoning; Assessment Tasks; Moving Forward; Chapter 3: Changing Perspective: Sociocultural Elaboration; The Challenge; Local Context; An Example of an Ecocultural Practice; Values in Education; Signification, Meaning, and Becoming; A Genetic Approach to Ecocultural Perspectives; Visuospatial Reasoning in a Navigating Team's Sociocultural Knowledge. Visuospatial Reasoning in Measurement Embodiment of Spatial Knowledge; Early Childhood Experiences; Critical Perspective of Place; Moving Forward; Chapter 4: Place, Culture, Language, and Visuospatial Reasoning; The Challenge; The Role of Language; Cultural Ways of Thinking Reflected in Language; Locating, Visuospatial Reasoning, and Communicating; Language Patterns in Papua New Guinea; Frames of Reference for Space and Place; Language in Comparing and Measuring space; Implications of Language for Visuospatial Reasoning; Maps as Representations of Visuospatial Reasoning; Shapes.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxxi, 377 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 153.7/52; Space perception; Mental representation; Visualization; Cognition and culture; Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Psychological aspects; Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Social aspects; PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology; SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science; Cognition and culture; Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Psychological aspects; Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Social aspects; Mental representation; Space perception; Visualization; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319024639; 3319024639; 3319024620; 9783319024622
• Related ISBNs: 9783319024622
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 15, 2014).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.