Use of spatial sensemaking practices in spatial learning
Publication information:
Vaishampayan, Plummer J, Udomprasert P, Sunbury S. Use of spatial sensemaking practices in spatial learning. In: 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. Vols. 2. Lyon, France: A Wide Lens: Combining Embodied, Enactive, Extended, and Embedded Learning in Collaborative Settings; 2019.
Abstract
This paper describes an approach to understanding how 11-12-year-old students (N=185) engage in spatial thinking through use of sensemaking practices. There is limited research on nature of students’ spatial thinking when learning discipline-specific content knowledge during classroom instruction. We use embodied cognition to examine the kinds of sensemaking practices students use when applying perspective-taking skill to learn seasons and lunar phases, and the teacher’s role in shaping those practices.