Visuospatial Reasoning An Ecocultural Perspective for Space, Geometry and Measurement Education /

This book develops the theoretical perspective on visuospatial reasoning in ecocultural contexts, granting insights on how the language, gestures, and representations of different cultures reflect visuospatial reasoning in context.   For a number of years, two themes in the field of mathematics educ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Owens, Kay (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Series:Mathematics Education Library, 111
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Visuospatial reasoning in context
  • Visuospatial reasoning in 20th century psychology-based studies
  • Changing Perspective: sociocultural elaboration
  • Place, culture, language, and visuospatial reasoning
  • Visuospatial reasoning in cultural activities in Papua New Guinea
  • Visuospatial reasoning in other cultures
  • The impact of an ecocultural perspective of visuospatial reasoning on mathematics education
  • The importance of an ecocultural perspective for Indigenous and transcultural education
  • Visuospatial reasoning in contexts with digital technology
  • An ecocultural perspective on visuospatial reasoning in geometry and measurement education
  • Appendices
  • Index
  • References.