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View article: How Can We Best Assess Spatial Skills? Practical and Conceptual Challenges
How Can We Best Assess Spatial Skills? Practical and Conceptual Challenges Open
Spatial thinking skills are associated with performance, persistence, and achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) school subjects. Because STEM knowledge and skills are integral to developing a well-trained …
View article: How Can We Best Assess Spatial Skills? Practical and Conceptual Challenges
How Can We Best Assess Spatial Skills? Practical and Conceptual Challenges Open
Spatial thinking skills are associated with performance, persistence, and achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) school subjects. Because STEM knowledge and skills are integral to developing a well-trained w…
View article: Spatial alignment supports comparison of life science images.
Spatial alignment supports comparison of life science images. Open
Visual comparisons are pervasive in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) instruction and practice. In previous work, adults' visual comparisons of simple stimuli were faster and more accurate when the layout of a displa…
View article: Spatial supports for comparison in educational science images
Spatial supports for comparison in educational science images Open
Images, such as photographs and diagrams, play an important role in the teaching and learning of science. To optimize student learning, educational science images should be designed to facilitate the cognitive processes relevant to compreh…
View article: Students Prefer to Learn from Figures that Include Spatial Supports for Comparison
Students Prefer to Learn from Figures that Include Spatial Supports for Comparison Open
Visual comparison is used in education to convey important commonalties and differences. This process is more effective when the figures are spatially aligned so that the corresponding parts and relations are maximally clear (direct placem…
View article: Analogical Comparison Promotes Theory‐of‐Mind Development
Analogical Comparison Promotes Theory‐of‐Mind Development Open
Theory‐of‐mind (ToM) is an integral part of social cognition, but how it develops remains a critical question. There is evidence that children can gain insight into ToM through experience, including language training and explanatory intera…
View article: Generating Relations Elicits a Relational Mindset in Children
Generating Relations Elicits a Relational Mindset in Children Open
Relational reasoning is a hallmark of human higher cognition and creativity, yet it is notoriously difficult to encourage in abstract tasks, even in adults. Generally, young children initially focus more on objects, but with age become mor…
View article: Scaffolding Visual Comparison Through Spatial Alignment
Scaffolding Visual Comparison Through Spatial Alignment Open
Grasping concepts with spatial-relational structure can be facilitated by comparing visual representations, so that key parts of the spatial structure are highlighted.Although visual comparison is common in education, few theories suggest …
View article: Stereotype Threat Effects on Learning From a Cognitively Demanding Mathematics Lesson
Stereotype Threat Effects on Learning From a Cognitively Demanding Mathematics Lesson Open
Stereotype threat—a situational context in which individuals are concerned about confirming a negative stereotype—is often shown to impact test performance, with one hypothesized mechanism being that cognitive resources are temporarily co‐…