Abstract
Spatial visualization (SV) involves transformations to the structure and relations of an object through a complex sequence of maneuvers. These skills are associated with mathematics performance. Research to date primarily involves analyzing psychometric measures to determine the nature of relations. Conse quently, there is in a gap in knowledge around the process-based associations between SV and mathematics. In this study, 259 Grade 8 students (52.9% female) completed tests of SV and mathematics, and open-ended paper folding tasks. They were categorized as High (HS), Mid (MS), or Low (LS) spatial. HS students completed most open-ended tasks with better than average success. Although LS students did not perform as well as HS students, those who completed the more complex open-ended fold task had higher success rates than MS students, indicating the use of effective strategies, regardless of spatial skill. There were differences in student responses for diagonal- compared with straight-fold tasks. Diagonal tasks were associated with spatial skill but not with mathematics per formance. HS students used successful spatial strategies for the open-ended tasks and mathematics. For MS students, there was an association between spatial tasks and word and geometry-measurement problems. There was minimal association between the open-ended spatial tasks and mathematics for LS students. The paper concludes with a discussion around the functional role of spatial visualization in mathematics and avenues for future research
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Spatial Cognition XIII - 13th International Conference, Spatial Cognition 2024, Proceedings |
Subtitle of host publication | 13th International Conference, Spatial Cognition 2024, Dublin, Ireland, June 25–28, 2024, Proceedings |
Editors | Marija Živković, Jeffrey Buckley, Marianna Pagkratidou, Gavin Duffy |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 3-18 |
Number of pages | 16 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783031631153 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783031631146 |
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Publication status | Published - 23 Jun 2024 |
Event | 13th International Conference, Spatial Cognition 2024 - Dublin, Ireland Duration: 25 Jun 2024 → 28 Jun 2024 https://eleceng.tudublin.ie/sc2024/ |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) |
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Volume | 14756 LNAI |
ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
Conference | 13th International Conference, Spatial Cognition 2024 |
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Country/Territory | Ireland |
City | Dublin |
Period | 25/06/24 → 28/06/24 |
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