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Formation of spatial thinking skills through different training methods

Authors: Sorachai Kornkasem, John B. Black

Published in: Cognitive Processing | Special Issue 1/2015

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Spatial training can be durable and transferable if the training involves cognitive process-based tasks. The current study explored different spatial training methods and investigated the sequences of process-based mental simulation that was facilitated by various structures of external spatial representation, 3D technology, spatial cues, and/or technical languages. A total of 115 Columbia University’s students were conducted through three experiments using a between-subjects design to examine the effects of spatial training methods on spatial ability performance. The conditions for training environments included 3D-virtual and 3D-physical interactions with abstract (nonsense-geometric) and concrete (everyday-object) contents. Overall, learners in the treatment conditions improved in their spatial skills significantly more than those in the control conditions. Particularly, 3D-direct-manipulation conditions in the third experiment added promising results about the specific sequences during spatial thinking formation processes.

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Title: Formation of spatial thinking skills through different training methods
Authors: Sorachai Kornkasem
John B. Black
Publication date: 01-09-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Cognitive Processing / Issue Special Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 1612-4782
Electronic ISSN: 1612-4790
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-015-0707-8

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