Visuospatial reasoning : an ecocultural perspective for space, geometry and measurement education /: an ecocultural perspective for space, geometry and measurement education. ([2014])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Visuospatial reasoning : an ecocultural perspective for space, geometry and measurement education /: an ecocultural perspective for space, geometry and measurement education. ([2014])
- Main Title:
- Visuospatial reasoning : an ecocultural perspective for space, geometry and measurement education
- 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; VisuospatialAcknowledgements; 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. … (more)
- 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).
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