Students need more practice with spatial thinking in geoscience education: a systematic review of the literature

JA McLaughlin, JM Bailey - Studies in Science Education, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Myriad research in a variety of contexts shows spatial skills benefit students; however, they
are not given enough attention in classroom instruction. In this review we systematically …

Ready student one: Exploring the predictors of student learning in virtual reality

J Madden, S Pandita, JP Schuldt, B Kim, A S. Won… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Immersive virtual reality (VR) has enormous potential for education, but classroom resources
are limited. Thus, it is important to identify whether and when VR provides sufficient …

Astronomers engaging with the education ecosystem: A best-evidence synthesis

SM Pompea, P Russo - Annual review of astronomy and …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Astronomers have played many roles in their engagement with the larger astronomy
education ecosystem. Their activities have served both the formal and informal education …

Investigating potential relationships between adolescents' cognitive development and perceptions of presence in 3-D, haptic-enabled, virtual reality science instruction

RL Hite, MG Jones, GM Childers, M Ennes… - Journal of Science …, 2019 - Springer
Virtual presence describes a users' perception of a virtual reality (VR) environment (VRE),
specifically, of their involvement (sense of control within a virtual environment with minimal …

Effects of a summer robotics camp on students' STEM career interest and knowledge structure

A Tekbıyık, D Baran Bulut… - Journal of Pedagogical …, 2022 - avesis.erdogan.edu.tr
The present study focuses on the assessment of summer robotics camp designed for 7th
grade students who were supposed to work on a STEM-related problem through modeling …

Disciplinary discernment: Reading the sky in astronomy education

U Eriksson - Physical review physics education research, 2019 - APS
This theoretical paper introduces a new way to view and characterize learning astronomy. It
describes a framework, based on results from empirical data, analyzed through standard …

Direct and indirect opportunities to learn astronomy within the Chilean science curriculum

L Rodrigues, A Meneses, M Montenegro… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Springer
Astronomy has great potential to attract children toward science and improve their scientific
literacy. However, it has a relatively small presence within the school curricula worldwide. In …

A new perspective on STEM education: The possible contributions of architectural education

C Özkan, S Çepni, N Maratkyzy, TV Arslan… - Journal of Turkish …, 2024 - tused.org
Considering the structural similarities between STEM education and architectural education,
it is thought that architectural education, which has a deep-rooted history, may be useful for …

Using eye gaze to reveal cognitive processes and strategies of engineering students when solving spatial rotation and mental cutting tasks

HW Hsing, D Bairaktarova, N Lau - Journal of Engineering …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Spatial problem‐solving is an essential skill for success in many engineering
disciplines; thus, understanding the cognitive processes involved could help inform the …

Einfluss visueller Hilfen und räumlicher Fähigkeiten auf die graphische Interpretation von Vektorfeldern: eine Eye-Tracking-Untersuchung

P Klein, L Hahn, J Kuhn - Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Naturwissenschaften, 2021 - Springer
Ein solides Verständnis physikalischer Konzepte erfordert den Umgang mit multiplen
Repräsentationen wie Formeln und Diagrammen zur Bildung kohärenter mentaler Modelle …