Spatial Reasoning in the Geosciences: Overview & Workshop Goals
Explore spatial thinking in the geosciences with insights on measuring spatial skills, developing expertise, and a detailed workshop agenda. Understand how to enhance student success in spatial reasoning through various teaching activities and strategies.
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Spatial Reasoning in the Geosciences: Introduction & Overview Carol J. Ormand, SERC, Carleton College Eric Riggs, Texas A&M University
Who are these characters at the front of the room?
Workshop Goals Workshop participants will: Understand what we do and don t know about how students succeed in spatial reasoning Be able to use tools and instruments for formative assessment, to measure student spatial thinking skills Be able to generate teaching activities / apply appropriate strategies to improve student success in spatial reasoning Provide feedback to the research community about emerging priorities for further investigation of spatial skills
Workshop Agenda Thursday: Introduction: What is spatial thinking? How is it measured? What do we know about developing spatial thinking skills? Module 1: Penetrative thinking Module 2: Mental rotation Friday: Module 3: Contour maps (including topographic maps) Module 4: Assessing spatial thinking (methodology & tools) Resources and next steps
What is Spatial Thinking? (How can we characterize spatial thinking tasks?) There are a variety ways to categorize spatial thinking tasks .. For example: Kastens and Ishikawa, 2006: Spatial thinking in the geosciences and cognitive sciences: A cross- disciplinary look at the intersection of the two fields Kozhevnikov et al., 2005: Spatial versus object visualizers: A new characterization of visual cognitive style Shipley et al., 2013: Structural geology practice and learning, from the perspective of cognitive science
How are Spatial Skills Measured? SILC tests and instruments page: http://www.silccenter.org/index.php/testsainstruments You ll see several examples in this workshop.
What Do We Know About Developing Spatial Thinking Skills / Expertise? Spatial skills are malleable There are strategies/tools that help
