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Guida, Alessandro; Porret, Axelle – Cognitive Science, 2022
Recent studies on the spatial positional associated response codes (SPoARC) effect have shown that when Western adults are asked to keep in mind sequences of verbal items, they mentally spatialize them along the horizontal axis, with the initial items being associated with the left and the last items being associated with the right. The origin of…
Descriptors: Musicians, Cognitive Processes, Spatial Ability, Learning Theories
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Sharp, Janet M.; Zachary, Loren W. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2004
Engineering students use spatial thinking when examining diagrams or models to study structure design. It is expected that most engineering students have solidified spatial thinking skills during K-12 schooling. However, according to what we know about geometry learning and teaching, spatial thinking probably needs to be explicitly taught within…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Mechanics (Physics), Spatial Ability, Geometry