The Cambridge Handbook of Visuospatial Thinking
Author | : Priti Shah |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 584 |
Release | : 2005-07-25 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 9780521807104 |
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Author | : Priti Shah |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 584 |
Release | : 2005-07-25 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 9780521807104 |
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Author | : Daniel R. Montello |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2014-11-21 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0262028298 |
The current "spatial turn" in many disciplines reflects an emerging scholarly interest in space and spatiality as central components in understanding the natural and cultural worlds. In Space in Mind, leading researchers from a range of disciplines examine the implications of research on spatial thinking and reasoning for education and learning. Their contributions suggest ways in which recent work in such fields as spatial cognition, geographic information systems, linguistics, artifical intelligence, architecture, and data visualization can inform spatial approaches to learning and education. After addressing the conceptual foundations of spatial thinking for education and learning, the book considers visualization, both external (for example, diagrams and maps) and internal (imagery and other mental spatial representations); embodied cognition and spatial understanding; and the development of specific spatial curricula and literacies. -- from dust jacket.
Author | : Daya Shankar Gupta |
Publisher | : Frontiers Media SA |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2022-09-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 2889769186 |
Author | : Eliezer Gurarie |
Publisher | : Frontiers Media SA |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2024-02-09 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 2832539475 |
At least since Darwin argued that the difference in cognitive abilities between animals and humans is one of degree and not of kind, the study of animal cognition has been an active and dynamic subfield of behavioral sciences. It has, however, been based almost entirely on experimental studies of animals in captivity and belongs - as a field - more snugly in the realm of Psychology (or Ethology), with relatively little application to understanding the behavior of animals in the wild. Movement Ecology, in contrast, is a more recent branch of Ecology devoted almost entirely to the analysis of animal movements in the wild. Technological developments allow for animals to be tracked in the wild in ever-increasing numbers, precision, and duration. Movement ecology has, to some extent, “chased the data”, reflecting the practical need to analyze and interpret those data. Much of the most important developments of recent decades are devoted to dealing with the trickier aspects of the statistical analysis of movement data - which in their multidimensionality, autocorrelation, gappiness and measurement error, and behavioral complexity pose no shortage of hairy statistical problems.
Author | : Klaus Libertus |
Publisher | : Frontiers Media SA |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2017-05-18 |
Genre | : Motor ability in children |
ISBN | : 2889451593 |
Motor skills are a vital part of healthy development and are featured prominently both in physical examinations and in parents’ baby diaries. It has been known for a long time that motor development is critical for children’s understanding of the physical and social world. Learning occurs through dynamic interactions and exchanges with the physical and the social world, and consequently movements of eyes and head, arms and legs, and the entire body are a critical during learning. At birth, we start with relatively poorly developed motor skills but soon gain eye and head control, learn to reach, grasp, sit, and eventually to crawl and walk on our own. The opportunities arising from each of these motor milestones are profound and open new and exciting possibilities for exploration and interactions, and learning. Consequently, several theoretical accounts of child development suggest that growth in cognitive, social, and perceptual domains are influences by infants’ own motor experiences. Recently, empirical studies have started to unravel the direct impact that motor skills may have other domains of development. This volume is part of this renewed interest and includes reviews of previous findings and recent empirical evidence for associations between the motor domain and other domains from leading researchers in the field of child development. We hope that these articles will stimulate further research on this interesting question.
Author | : Christian Freksa |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2003-06-26 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 3540454608 |
This book constitutes the second volume documenting the results achieved within a priority program on spatial cognition by the German Science Foundation (DFG).The 28 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and reflect the increased interdisciplinary cooperation in the area. The book is divided into sections on maps and diagrams, motion and spatial reference, spatial relations and spatial inference, navigation in real and virtual spaces, and spatial memory.
Author | : Paul Dourish |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 327 |
Release | : 2004-08-20 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 0262260611 |
Computer science as an engineering discipline has been spectacularly successful. Yet it is also a philosophical enterprise in the way it represents the world and creates and manipulates models of reality, people, and action. In this book, Paul Dourish addresses the philosophical bases of human-computer interaction. He looks at how what he calls "embodied interaction"—an approach to interacting with software systems that emphasizes skilled, engaged practice rather than disembodied rationality—reflects the phenomenological approaches of Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and other twentieth-century philosophers. The phenomenological tradition emphasizes the primacy of natural practice over abstract cognition in everyday activity. Dourish shows how this perspective can shed light on the foundational underpinnings of current research on embodied interaction. He looks in particular at how tangible and social approaches to interaction are related, how they can be used to analyze and understand embodied interaction, and how they could affect the design of future interactive systems.
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 333 |
Release | : 2005-02-03 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0309092086 |
Learning to Think Spatially examines how spatial thinking might be incorporated into existing standards-based instruction across the school curriculum. Spatial thinking must be recognized as a fundamental part of Kâ€"12 education and as an integrator and a facilitator for problem solving across the curriculum. With advances in computing technologies and the increasing availability of geospatial data, spatial thinking will play a significant role in the information-based economy of the twenty-first century. Using appropriately designed support systems tailored to the Kâ€"12 context, spatial thinking can be taught formally to all students. A geographic information system (GIS) offers one example of a high-technology support system that can enable students and teachers to practice and apply spatial thinking in many areas of the curriculum.
Author | : Silvio Ionta |
Publisher | : Frontiers Media SA |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2022-04-04 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 2889748871 |
Author | : Myint Swe Khine |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2016-10-13 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 3319443852 |
Each chapter in this book makes a unique contribution to the body of the literature and enhances the understanding of spatial ability and its influence on learning in the STEM disciplines. It addresses spatial abilities, ways to measure them as well as their impact and how they can affect learning subjects in scientific, technology and engineering domains. The volume deliberately covers a wide range perspectives from cognitive psychology, educational psychology, science, technology, engineering and mathematics, computer science, information technology disciplines to human development. Taking a broad view on the topic, chapters in the book discuss how to define spatial ability and its factors, the measurement of spatial ability and psychometric analyses, and educational strategies to improve spatial skills and their implications for science and technology education. The book thus provides an overview of current thinking about visual-spatial ability, spatial reasoning, and spatial skills.