ERIC Number: ED592438
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 8
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Characteristics of Spatial Visualisation: Perspectives from Area of Composite Shapes
Patahuddin, Sitti; Logan, Tracy; Ramful, Ajay
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) (41st, Auckland, New Zealand, 2018)
This paper attempted to make explicit some of the underlying characteristics of spatial visualisation using the concept of area of composite shapes. By engaging students with metric-free tasks, we identify the type of perceptual and visual/spatial manoeuvres that they deploy in such situations. Interview data collected from three students in Grade 7, 8, and 9 are used to exemplify three key constituents of spatial visualisation: figure-ground perception, global and local perception, and gesturing. An observable discontinuity was discovered in coordinating different pieces of spatial information after disembedding the parts that constitute the whole. This paper concludes with pedagogical implications.
Descriptors: Visualization, Spatial Ability, Task Analysis, Grade 7, Grade 8, Student Attitudes, Grade 9, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Geometric Concepts, Secondary School Students, Geometry, Visual Perception, Disadvantaged, Nonverbal Communication, International Cooperation, College School Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Teacher Collaboration, Rural Schools
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 7; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Elementary Education; Secondary Education; Grade 8; Grade 9; High Schools; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
Identifiers - Location: Indonesia; Australia
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