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Spatial Sense

Spatial Sense. How we think about things…. We See the Same Thing Differently. We See the Same Thing Differently. Spatial Reasoning. 7 Types Eye-Motor Coordination Figure-Ground Perception Perceptual Constancy Position-In-Space Perception Perception of Spatial Relationships

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Spatial Sense

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  1. Spatial Sense How we think about things…

  2. We See the Same Thing Differently

  3. We See the Same Thing Differently

  4. Spatial Reasoning • 7 Types • Eye-Motor Coordination • Figure-Ground Perception • Perceptual Constancy • Position-In-Space Perception • Perception of Spatial Relationships • Visual Discrimination • Visual Memory

  5. Eye-Motor Coordination • “Ability to coordinate vision with movement of the body” (p. 14). • Students weak here so busy with working their pencil, they miss the lesson. • Activities requiring EMC: • Staying within the lines • Tracing • Connecting dots

  6. Figure-Ground Perception • “Visual act of identifying a specific component in a situation and involves shifts in perception of figures against complex backgrounds…” (p. 15). • Bouncing a ball and only “seeing” the ball • Activities requiring FGP: • Identify figure among overlapping ones • Complete a figure • Assemble a figure from its parts

  7. Perceptual Constancy • “Involves the recognition of certain geometric figures presented in a variety of sizes, shadings, textures, and positions in space and discrimination from similar figures” (p. 15). • Piaget – conservation of shape • Age 4 – 5 not a square • Age 6 – 7 same piece, but no longer a square • Age 8 – 9 both are squares • Activities requiring PC: • Identifying similar figures • Ordering objects by size • Identifying congruent figures

  8. Position-In-Space Perception d • “The ability to relate an object in space to oneself” (p. 17). • Children see themselves as the center of all things – all things are above, below, behind, or in front of them • Problems with PISP mean problems reading and writing as well as in math • Activities requiring PISP: • Drawing congruent figures • Identifying flip, slide, and turn images p b q

  9. Perception of Spatial Relationships • “The ability to see two or more objects in relation to oneself or in relation to each other” (p. 17). • Closely related to PISP • Requires strong sense of body orientation • Activities requiring POSR: • Judging distances of things around you • Playing ball • Riding a bicycle

  10. Visual Discrimination • “The ability to identify similarities and differences between or among objects” (p. 18). • Independent of position • Activities requiring VisD: • Sorting and classifying objects • Sorting and classifying geometric shapes • Working with attribute blocks

  11. Visual Memory • “The ability to recall accurately objects no longer in view and relate their characteristics to other objects either in view or not in view” (p. 18). • Extreme case: Photographic memory • Most people can remember 5 – 7 objects for short periods of time • Activities requiring VM: • Briefly seeing a picture and then listing all of the things seen • Copying a figure seen briefly on a Geoboard to dot paper

  12. References • Del Grande, J. (February, 1990). Spatial sense. Arithmetic Teacher, 14-20.

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