Teaching Spatial Skills
Recommended Practice: Teach students spatial skills such as how to visualize and manipulate forms and shapes.
- Overview & Tools: Video overviews and professional development materials
- Learn What Works: Expert interviews about teaching spatial skills
- See How It Works: Videos and sample materials from schools
Teaching Spatial Skills to Girls
Girls in Math & Science > Teaching Spatial Skills > Overview & Tools
This overview describes some of the gender differences in test performance; ways in which spatial skills are used in school, careers, and normal life; and approaches to teaching spatial skills.
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Overview
3-D Spatial Skills for Secondary Students (Part 2)
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Dr. Sheryl Sorby provides suggestions for teaching spatial skills. Related Files: 3-D Spatial Skils for Secondary Students (Part 1) (Video)
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Expert Interview
3-D Spatial Skills for Secondary Students (Part 1)
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Dr. Sorby defines spatial skills and describes how they are used in everyday living, K-12 education, and professional careers. Related Media and Files: 3-D Spatial Skills for Secondary Students...
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Expert Interview
Hands-On Activities for 3-D Spatial Skills (Part 2)
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Watch this demonstration of 3-D drawing skills. The purpose of this demonstration is to visualize and draw a rotated three-dimensional object Related Media and Files: Hands-On Activities for...
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School Example
Hands-On Activities for 3-D Spatial Skills (Part 1)
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Watch this demonstration of 3-D drawing skills. Students learn how to use isometric grid paper. See related sample material, Isometric Grid Paper for Drawing 3-D Figures. Related Media and...
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School Example
Spatial Skills in High School Science and Math
Girls in Math & Science > Teaching Spatial Skills > See How It Works
A high school math teacher describes how she integrates spatial skills training into geometry class. She explains how this training improved her students’ skills and beliefs about their...
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School Example
Isometric Dot Paper for Drawing 3-D Figures
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This sample material includes a blank isometric dot paper to use in the classroom for 3-D figure drawings, and sample student work from one high school in Michigan. Related Media and...
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Sample Material
Isometric Grid Paper for Drawing 3-D Figures
Girls in Math & Science > Teaching Spatial Skills > See How It Works
This sample material includes a blank isometric grid to use in the classroom for 3-D figure drawings. This is an alternative drawing tool to the isometric dot paper. Related Media and...
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Sample Material
Teacher Self-Reflection: Spatial Skills Training
Girls in Math & Science > Teaching Spatial Skills > Overview & Tools
Use this assessment tool to guide teachers' self-reflection on instructional strategies for teaching spatial skills.
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Tool
Spatial Skills Training Lesson Planner
Girls in Math & Science > Teaching Spatial Skills > Overview & Tools
Use this planning tool to help teachers explore ideas for spatial skills training in the classroom.
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Tool
Learning Together About Providing Spatial Skills Training
Girls in Math & Science > Teaching Spatial Skills > Overview & Tools
These activities can be used to convene a school in-service session for teachers to learn why and how to teach students spatial skills. Related Media: Teaching Spatial Skills to Girls...
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