The Importance of Spatial Structuring in Geometric Reasoning.

Battista, Michael T.

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ERIC Number: EJ597955

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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The Importance of Spatial Structuring in Geometric Reasoning.

Battista, Michael T.

Teaching Children Mathematics, v6 n3 p170-77 Nov 1999

Describes how to deal with students' structuring of rectangular arrays of squares and other two-dimensional regions. Presents activities that connect spatial structuring to the development of multiplicative thinking. (ASK)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometric Concepts, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Spatial Ability, Thinking Skills, Visualization

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Audience: Practitioners; Teachers

Language: English

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