EXPLORATION OF SPATIAL ABILITIES IN PRE-SERVICE MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION: TESTING AND EVALUATION

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11320%2F25%3A10504506" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11320/25:10504506 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=RUS9-2bhro" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=RUS9-2bhro</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7160/eriesj.2025.180301" target="_blank" >10.7160/eriesj.2025.180301</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

EXPLORATION OF SPATIAL ABILITIES IN PRE-SERVICE MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION: TESTING AND EVALUATION

Original language description

Pre-service mathematics teachers often struggle with spatial ability, which negatively affects their success in solving geometric problems. Evaluating and developing these abilities is therefore an essential part of their university education. This paper presents findings from the initial phase of a long-term study focused on assessing the spatial ability and conceptual knowledge of first-year pre-service teachers at Charles University. Each year from 2021 to 2023, newly enrolled students were tasked with completing tests focused on 2D and 3D geometry, classified according to specific subcomponents of spatial ability. The results show that the students were most successful in planar rotation tasks, with the tasks requiring spatial visualisation proving to be the most challenging. Conceptual misconceptions were identified as a key factor contributing to errors in solving geometric tasks. These findings highlight the need for targeted instruction and training to improve spatial thinking and conceptual understanding in teacher education, with a view to improving the quality of the geometry teaching they provide in the future.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science

ISSN

2336-2375

e-ISSN

1803-1617

Volume of the periodical

18

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

180301

UT code for WoS article

001589924200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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