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Learning to think spatially.

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 c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.