ERIC Number: EJ1050632
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 13
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Empowering Visuo-Spatial Ability in Primary School: Results from a Follow-Up Study
Fastame, Maria Chiara; Callai, Daniela
Educational Psychology in Practice, v31 n1 p86-98 2015
The current study was primarily aimed at verifying the effect of a combined computer-assisted and pencil-and-paper training that was developed to empower visuo-spatial abilities in primary school pupils. One hundred and twenty third grade (mean average: eight years old) and fourth grade (mean age: nine years old) students attending several Italian primary schools were presented with several tests of the Primary Mental Abilities (PMA) battery by Thurstone and Thurstone. Of these, 64 children underwent the training "Recovery in visuo-spatial abilities" developed by Fastame and Antonini for 15 weekly sessions. The remaining students were assigned to the control group. Post-test scores and a follow-up assessment after six months by the end of the training highlight the positive impact of the intervention in enhancing visuo-spatial abilities.
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Elementary School Students, Spatial Ability, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Student Empowerment, Grade 3, Grade 4, Cognitive Ability, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Scores, Intervention, Intermode Differences, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Psychoeducational Methods, Pretests Posttests, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 3; Primary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Italy
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