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Peer reviewedBen-Chaim, David; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1988
A study involving 477 female and 501 male fifth through eighth graders was conducted to investigate the differences in spatial visualization abilities and effects of instruction on spatial visualization skills of students by grade and sex. Instruction in visualization proved effective across grade and sex; retention of effects persisted after one…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Middle Schools
Ben-Chaim, David; And Others – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1989
Examines the relationship between visualization and the middle school mathematics curriculum. Gives an overview of where and how visualization interacts with the curriculum. Investigates the role of visualization in developing inductive/deductive and proportional reasoning. (YP)
Descriptors: Formal Operations, Junior High Schools, Logical Thinking, Mathematics Curriculum
Peer reviewedBen-Chaim, David; And Others – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1989
This study was designed to: (1) examine modes of representations used by middle school students in a building description task; (2) investigate individual differences in representation mode; and (3) determine the effect of spatial visualization activities on students' preference for mode and success rate. The activities were reported as…
Descriptors: Geometric Constructions, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction
