Spatial versus object visualisation: The case of mathematical understanding in three-dimensional arrays of cubes and nets
Ημερομηνία
2010Source
International Journal of Educational ResearchVolume
49Issue
02-MarPages
102-114Google Scholar check
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This paper investigates the relations of students' spatial and object visualisation with their analytic, creative and practical abilities in three-dimensional geometry. Fifty-three 11-year-olds were tested using a Greek modified version of the Object-Spatial Imagery Questionnaire (OSIQ) (Blajenkova, Kozhevnikov, & Motes, 2006) and two mathematics tests, one on three-dimensional arrays of cubes and one on nets. The results suggest that spatial visualisation was related to students' practical abilities in three-dimensional arrays of cubes, whereas object visualisation was related to students' creative abilities in nets. Furthermore, high and low spatial visualisers differed in their practical abilities in three-dimensional arrays of cubes and in their analytic abilities in nets, whereas, high and low object visualisers differed in their creative abilities in nets. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.