A Study on Sixth-Grade Turkish Students' Spatial Visualization Ability

Autor/inn/en	Kurtulus, Aytac; Yolcu, Belma
Titel	A Study on Sixth-Grade Turkish Students' Spatial Visualization Ability
Quelle	In: Mathematics Educator, 22 (2013) 2, S.82-117 (36 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1062-9017
Schlagwörter	Grade 6; Elementary School Students; Spatial Ability; Foreign Countries; Visualization; Mathematics Skills; Cognitive Ability; Scores; Interviews; Mixed Methods Research; Problem Solving; Elementary School Mathematics; Geometric Concepts; Visual Stimuli; Mathematical Concepts; Pictorial Stimuli; Computer Uses in Education; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Ausland; Visualisation; Visualisierung; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Denkfähigkeit; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Problemlösen; Elementare Mathematik; Schulmathematik; Elementare Geometrie; Fantasieanregung; Computernutzung; Türkei
Abstract	The aim of this study is to evaluate sixth-grade Turkish students' spatial visualization ability and to determine the strategies that students employ and the mistakes that they make while solving the problems requiring spatial reasoning. Therefore, the study examined the following achievements: visualizing different view images of three-dimensional structures made from unit cubes, interpreting two-dimensional pictorial representations of three-dimensional objects and finding the faces of the cube. In this study, spatial visualization behaviors were limited to the achievements covered by the Turkish primary education mathematics curriculum. Data were collected by means of the Block of Cubes Test, which was designed to measure student achievements about the ability to mentally visualize different-perspective views of three-dimensional structures made from unit cubes, to interpret two-dimensional pictorial representations of three-dimensional structures and to find the visible faces of the cube. The findings were based on the scores received by a total of 60 participant students from this test and the clinical interviews conducted with 21 students chosen randomly among the participants in order to identify the challenges experienced by them in the test. (Contains 21 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Mathematics Education Student Association, University of Georgia. 105 Aderhold Hall, Athens, GA 30602. Tel: 706-542-4194; Fax: 706-542-4551; e-mail: mesaprez@gmail.com; Web site: http://math.coe.uga.edu/Mesa/MESA.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10