Visualizing Rectangular Solids Made of Small Cubes: Analyzing and Effecting Students' Performance.

Ben-Haim, D.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1985

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Visualizing Rectangular Solids Made of Small Cubes: Analyzing and Effecting Students' Performance.

Ben-Haim, D.; And Others

Educational Studies in Mathematics, v16 n4 p389-409 Nov 1985

The evidence suggests that students in grades 5 through 8 have difficulty relating isometric type drawings to the rectangular solids they represent. Errors made by students were analyzed and the effect of instruction in spatial visualization activities assessed. (MNS)

Descriptors: Diagrams, Educational Research, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Patterns, Geometric Concepts, Mathematics Instruction, Spatial Ability

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