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Space in Mind : Concepts for Spatial Learning and Education.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The MIT Press SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (351 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262321730
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Space in MindDDC classification:
  • 152.14/2
LOC classification:
  • QP491 -- .S66 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Concepts for Spatial Learning and Education: An Introduction -- 2. Three Ways of Using Space -- 3. The Linguistic Ontology of Space: General Methods and the Role of Comparative Linguistic Evidence -- 4. Reasoning with Diagrams: Toward a Broad Ontology of Spatial Thinking Strategies -- 5. Spatial Ability and Learning from Visualizations in STEM Disciplines -- 6. Can Humans Form Four-Dimensional Spatial Representations? -- 7. Embodiment as a Framework for Understanding Environmental Cognition -- 8. Enhancement of Spatial Processing in Sign-Language Users -- 9. What Do a Geologist 's Hands Tell You? A Framework for Classifying Spatial Gestures in Science Education -- 10. Using Spatial Strategies to Facilitate Skillful Wayfinding and Spatial Problem Solving: Implications for Education -- 11. Spatial Learning in Higher Education -- 12. Concepts and Principles for Spatial Literacy -- 13. Cognition and Communication in Architectural Design -- 14. Exploring the Nature and Development of Expertise in Geography -- 15. Learning to Live with Spatial Technologies -- 16. Teaching Space: What, How, and When -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: Leading researchers offer a range of disciplinary perspectives on the implications of spatial thinking and reasoning for education and learning.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Concepts for Spatial Learning and Education: An Introduction -- 2. Three Ways of Using Space -- 3. The Linguistic Ontology of Space: General Methods and the Role of Comparative Linguistic Evidence -- 4. Reasoning with Diagrams: Toward a Broad Ontology of Spatial Thinking Strategies -- 5. Spatial Ability and Learning from Visualizations in STEM Disciplines -- 6. Can Humans Form Four-Dimensional Spatial Representations? -- 7. Embodiment as a Framework for Understanding Environmental Cognition -- 8. Enhancement of Spatial Processing in Sign-Language Users -- 9. What Do a Geologist 's Hands Tell You? A Framework for Classifying Spatial Gestures in Science Education -- 10. Using Spatial Strategies to Facilitate Skillful Wayfinding and Spatial Problem Solving: Implications for Education -- 11. Spatial Learning in Higher Education -- 12. Concepts and Principles for Spatial Literacy -- 13. Cognition and Communication in Architectural Design -- 14. Exploring the Nature and Development of Expertise in Geography -- 15. Learning to Live with Spatial Technologies -- 16. Teaching Space: What, How, and When -- Contributors -- Index.

Leading researchers offer a range of disciplinary perspectives on the implications of spatial thinking and reasoning for education and learning.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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