Enhancement of 3D Imagination in the 1st and 2nd Grade

International comparison studies (TIMSS and PISA) and teachers’ expressed views indicate a decreasing trend in Czech pupils’ competence in geometry. The present study describes an innovative educational strategy for teaching 3D geometry - the didactical environment Cube Buildings and how it fosters...

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Published inProcedia, social and behavioral sciences Vol. 93; pp. 984 - 989
Main Authors Kloboučková, Jaroslava, Jirotková, Darina, Slezáková, Jana
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 21.10.2013
Subjects
cube building
cube solid
didactical environment
geometrical language
Schema-oriented eductaion
cube solid
didactical environment
cube building
geometrical language
Schema-oriented eductaion
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Summary:International comparison studies (TIMSS and PISA) and teachers’ expressed views indicate a decreasing trend in Czech pupils’ competence in geometry. The present study describes an innovative educational strategy for teaching 3D geometry - the didactical environment Cube Buildings and how it fosters the development of spatial sense in the earliest school age group. The results of one experiment in this environment are included as a partial result of a longitudinal action research project of one of the authors. The findings illustrate how a pupil can build problem-solving strategies and how knowledge is spread among pupils.
ISSN:1877-0428
1877-0428
DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.09.315