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

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

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

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

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

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

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

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science

ISSN

2336-2375

e-ISSN

1803-1617

Svazek periodika

18

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

180301

Kód UT WoS článku

001589924200001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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