Pre-service classroom teachers’ learning of spatial skills through geometric transformations – U.S.A and Turkey
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Glenn Smith, University of South Florida, United States ; Sinan Olkun, Ankara University, Turkey ; Helen Gerretson, University of South Florida, United States ; Deniz Deryakulu, Ankara University, Turkey ; James Dogbey, University of South Florida, United States ; Aliye Erdem, Ankara University, Turkey
EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Vienna, Austria ISBN 978-1-880094-65-5 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC
Abstract
This study investigated how elementary education pre-service teachers in Turkey and the United States learned geometric transformations from structured activities using an interactive computer program, and how these activities transferred to a non-related standardized test of spatial visualization. The study used a pretest, treatment, posttest design with experimental and controls groups. The experimental groups participated in transformational geometry visualization exercises, based on “spatial weaning,” once a week for six weeks for approximately 15-25 minutes each session. The Differential Aptitude Test, Space Relations Subset was used for the pre and posttest. For the Turkish participants, the experimental group improved significantly more than the control group, while the Americans show no such significant improvements.
Citation
Smith, G., Olkun, S., Gerretson, H., Deryakulu, D., Dogbey, J. & Erdem, A. (2008). Pre-service classroom teachers’ learning of spatial skills through geometric transformations – U.S.A and Turkey. In J. Luca & E. Weippl (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2008--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 5709-5713). Vienna, Austria: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 9, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/29174/.
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