ERIC Number: ED176941
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1979-Apr
Pages: 26
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The Effects of Spatial Instruction on Mathematical Problem-Solving Performance.
Moses, Barbara
This study investigated the effects of a series of mathematics lessons which were designed to encourage a spatial mode of thinking. Using fifth-grade students from four intact classrooms, a pretest and posttest battery composed of spatial tests, reasoning tests, and a problem-solving test, were administered to the experimental and two control classes as a measure of the effects of the instruction. Results showed that mathematical problem-solving performance increased significantly, particularly for students of low reasoning ability. (Author/HM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Conference Reports, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Performance, Problem Solving, Spatial Relationship, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Francisco, California, April 8-12, 1979); Contains occasional light and broken type
