Learning to think spatially:
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. National Academies Press ©2006
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-255) and index
Introduction -- - The nature of spatial thinking -- - Spatial thinking in everyday life, at work, and in science -- - Teaching and learning about spatial thinking -- - Responding to the need for spatial thinkers -- - Tools for thought: the concept of a support system -- - High-tech support systems for spatial thinking -- - An assessment of GIS as a system for supporting spatial thinking in the K-12 context -- - GIS as a support system for spatial thinking -- - Conclusions and recommendations -- - The spatial thinker
Examines how spatial thinking might be incorporated into existing standards-based instruction across the school curriculum. Spatial thinking must be recognized as a fundamental part of K 12 education and as an integrator and a facilitator for problem solving across the curriculum. With advances in computing technologies and the increasing availability of geospatial data, spatial thinking will play a significant role in the information-based economy of the twenty-first century. Using appropriately designed support systems tailored to the K 12 context, spatial thinking can be taught formally to all students. A geographic information system (GIS) offers one example of a high-technology support system that can enable students and teachers to practice and apply spatial thinking in many areas of the curriculum
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 313 pages)
ISBN:0309531918
9780309531917

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