| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 313 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-255) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Nature of spatial thinking -- Spatial thinking in everyday life, at work, and in science -- Teaching and learning about spatial thinking -- Responding to the need for spatial thinkers -- Tools for thought: the concept of a support system -- High-tech support systems for spatial thinking -- An assessment of GIS as a system for supporting spatial thinking in the K-12 context -- GIS as a support system for spatial thinking -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Spatial thinker. |
| Summary |
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 K 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 K 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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Space perception -- Study and teaching.
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Space perception -- Study and teaching. |
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Space perception. |
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Geographic information systems.
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Geographic information systems. |
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Space Perception. |
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Education. |
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Geographic Information Systems. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Learning to think spatially. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2006 0309092086 0309531918 (DLC) 2005032115 (OCoLC)62408464 |
| ISBN |
0309531918 (electronic book) |
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9780309531917 (electronic book) |
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9780309092081 (paperback) |
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0309092086 (paperback) |
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