The Impact Of Scale On Children's Spatial Thought A Quantitative Study For Two S - Cathleen Heil

In This Book, Cathleen Heil Addresses The Question Of How To Conceptually Understand Children's Spatial Thought In The Context Of Geometry Education. She Proposes That In Order To Help Children Develop Their Abilities To Successfully Grasp And Manipulate The Spatial Relations They Experience In Their Everyday Lives, Spatial Thought Should Not Only Be Addressed In Written Or Tabletop Settings At School. Instead, Geometry Education Should Also Focus On Settings Involving Real Space, Such As During Reasoning With A First Part Of This Book, She Theoretically Addresses The Construct Of Spatial Thought At Different Scales Of Space From A Cognitive Psychological Point Of View And Shows That Maps Can Be Rich Sources For Spatial Thinking.