Learning to Think Spatially:

GIS as a Support System in the K-12 Curriculum

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Committee on the Support for the Thinking Spatially: The Incorporation of Geographic Information Science Across the K-12 Curriculum, Committee on Geography, National Research Council
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Spatial thinking is a cognitive skill that can be used in everyday life, the workplace, and science to structure problems, find answers, and express solutions using the properties of space. It can be learned and taught formally to students using ...
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Front Matter	i-xviii
Executive Summary	1-10	(skim)
1 Introduction	11-22	(skim)
PART I: THE NATURE AND FUNCTIONS OF SPATIAL THINKING --2 The Nature of Spatial Thinking	23-48	(skim)
3 Spatial Thinking in Everyday Life, at Work, and in Science	49-93	(skim)
4 Teaching and Learning About Spatial Thinking	94-109	(skim)
5 Responding to the Need for Spatial Thinking	110-134	(skim)
6 Tools for Thought: The Concept of a Support System	135-152	(skim)
PART II: SUPPORT FOR SPATIAL THINKING--7 High-Tech Support Systems for Spatial Thinking	153-165	(skim)
8 An Assessment of GIS as a System for Supporting Spatial Thinking in the K-12 Context	166-216	(skim)
9 GIS as a Support System for Spatial Thinking	217-226	(skim)
PART III: SUPPORTING SPATIAL THINKING IN THE FUTURE--10 Conclusions and Recommendations	227-236	(skim)
11 The Spatial Thinker	237-242	(skim)
References	243-256	(skim)
Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff	257-263	(skim)
Appendix B Oral Presentations and Written Statements	264-265	(skim)
Appendix C Individual Differences in Spatial Thinking: The Effects of Age, Development, and Sex	266-280	(skim)
Appendix D The Role of Spatial Representations in Learning, Problem Solving, and Transfer	281-284	(skim)
Appendix E Software Descriptions and Resources	285-286	(skim)
Appendix F What Is GIScience?	287-288	(skim)
Appendix G The Introduction of GIS into K 12 Education	289-292	(skim)
Appendix H Seasonal Differences: A Customized Eighth-Grade GIS Module	293-297	(skim)
Appendix I List of Acronyms	298-300	(skim)
Index	301-314	(skim)

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Spatial thinking is a cognitive skill that can be used in everyday life, the workplace, and science to structure problems, find answers, and express solutions using the properties of space. It can be learned and taught formally to students using appropriately designed tools, technologies, and curricula. This report explains the nature and functions of spatial thinking and shows how spatial thinking can be supported across the K-12 curriculum through the development of appropriate support systems. A geographic information system (GIS) is an example of a support system that, with recommended redesigns, can foster spatial thinking across the curriculum. The report calls for a national initiative to integrate spatial thinking into existing standards-based instruction across the school curriculum such as in mathematics, history, and science classes; it does not require the development of a new, separate course focusing solely on spatial thinking. The goal of this initiative is to create a generation of students who learn to think spatially in an informed way.

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