Przegląd badań nad związkami zdolności przestrzennych z kompetencjami z nauk ścisłych uczniów i studentów

• Authors: Drążkowski Dariusz , Piątkowski Krzysztof , Szwedo Jakub , Jadwiżyc Marcin

Title variants

EN

An overview of research testing relationships between spatial abilities of pupils’ and students’ competencies of exact sciences

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

Zdolności przestrzenne są jednymi z najsilniejszych determinant wyników w naukach ścisłych. Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie i usystematyzowanie najnowszych wyników badań na temat związków między poziomem zdolności przestrzennych a wynikami z nauk ścisłych. W pierwszej części artykułu zdefiniowano rodzaje zdolności przestrzennych, następnie przedstawiono ich uwarunkowania. W kolejnych częściach omówiono wyniki badań pokazujące związki między poziomem zdolności przestrzennych a kompetencjami z nauk ścisłych. Artykuł kończy się przedstawieniem sprawdzonych empirycznie możliwości rozwijania poziomu zdolności przestrzennych u uczniów. Opisane badań pokazują, jak poprzez rozwój zdolności przestrzennych można poprawić wyniki uczniów w naukach ścisłych.

EN

Spatial abilities are one of the strongest determinants of achievement in the exact sciences. The aim of the article is to present and systematise the most recent research on the links between the level of spatial abilities and performance in science. In the first part of the article, we define the types of spatial abilities. Then we present the determinants of spatial abilities. In the following parts of the article, we discuss the results of the research showing the relationship between the level of spatial abilities and competences in the exact sciences. At the end of the article, we present empirically verified methods for developing spatial abilities among students. The results of the studies described in the article show how to improve the achievements of students in the exact sciences through the development of spatial abilities.

Keywords

PL

zdolności poznawcze; trening zdolności przestrzennych; umiejętności w zakresie nauk ścisłych; zdolności przestrzenne

EN

cognitive abilities; training of spatial abilities; abilities in the exact sciences; spatial abilities

• Publisher: Instytut Badań Edukacyjnych
• Journal: Edukacja
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 1(2017)
• Pages: 67–84

Dates

published

2017-03-31

Contributors

author

Drążkowski Dariusz

• Instytut Psychologii, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza

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Piątkowski Krzysztof

• Instytut Psychologii, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza

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Szwedo Jakub

• Instytut Psychologii, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza

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Jadwiżyc Marcin

• Instytut Psychologii, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza

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Identifiers

DOI

10.24131/3724.170105