Developing Spatial Understanding through Building Polyhedrons

What kind of spatial understanding do first and second graders have? What do they see when they look at three-dimensional objects? What words do they use to describe what they see? How might their visualization skills be sharpened by building and describing threedimensional structures? These questio...

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Published in:Teaching children mathematics 2002-04, Vol.8 (8), p.442-447
Main Authors: Ambrose, Rebecca C., Falkner, Karen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adopted children
Buildings
Children
Elementary school students
Geometric shapes
Geometry
Lesson plans
Mathematical objects
Mathematics
Mathematics education
Mathematics teachers
Methods
Polyhedra
Polyhedrons
Spatial systems
Study and teaching
Teaching
Triangles
Vertices
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Summary:What kind of spatial understanding do first and second graders have? What do they see when they look at three-dimensional objects? What words do they use to describe what they see? How might their visualization skills be sharpened by building and describing threedimensional structures? These questions emerged as we, a teacher educator and a classroom teacher, considered infusing spatial tasks into the primary school mathematics curriculum.
ISSN:1073-5836
2327-0780
DOI:10.5951/TCM.8.8.0442