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{{Title|Constructivist, Emergent, and Sociocultural Perspectives in the Context of Developmental Research}}
{{Title|Spatial Anxiety Relates to Spatial Abilities as a Function of Working Memory in Children}}
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* Authors: [[Paul Cobb]] and [[Erna Yackel]]
* Authors: [[Gerardo Ramirez]], [[Elizabeth Gunderson]], [[Susan Levine]], and [[Sian Beilock]]
* Journal: [[Educational Psychologist]]
* Journal: [[The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology]]
* Year: 1996
* Year: 2012
* Source: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00461520.1996.9653265
* Source: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/ref/10.1080/17470218.2011.616214


==Abstract==
==Abstract==
Our overall intent is to clarify relations between the psychological constructivist, sociocultural, and emergent perspectives. We provide a grounding for the comparisons in the first part of the article by outlining an interpretive framework that we developed in the course of a classroom-based research project. At this level of classroom processes, the framework involves an emergent approach in which psychological constructivist analyses of individual activity are coordinated with interactionist analyses of classroom interactions and discourse. In the second part of the article, we describe an elaboration of the framework that locates classroom processes in school and societal contexts. The perspective taken at this level is broadly sociocultural and focuses on the influence of individuals' participation in culturally organized practices. In the third part of the article, we use the discussion of the framework as a backdrop against which to compare and contrast the three theoretical perspectives. We discuss how the emergent approach augments the psychological constructivist perspective by making it possible to locate analyses of individual students' constructive activities in social context. In addition, we consider the purposes for which the emergent and sociocultural perspectives might be particularly appropriate and observe that they together offer characterizations of individual students' activities, the classroom community, and broader communities of practice.
Spatial ability is a strong predictor of students' pursuit of higher education in science and mathematics. However, very little is known about the affective factors that influence individual differences in spatial ability, particularly at a young age. We examine the role of spatial anxiety in young children's performance on a mental rotation task. We show that even at a young age, children report experiencing feelings of nervousness at the prospect of engaging in spatial activities. Moreover, we show that these feelings are associated with reduced mental rotation ability among students with high but not low working memory (WM). Interestingly, this WM × spatial anxiety interaction was only found among girls. We discuss these patterns of results in terms of the problem-solving strategies that boys versus girls use in solving mental rotation problems.


==Corrolary==
==Corrolary==
;APA
;APA
: Cobb, P., & Yackel, E. (1996). Constructivist, emergent, and sociocultural perspectives in the context of developmental research. ''Educational Psychologist'', 31(3-4), 175–190. doi:10.1080/00461520.1996.9653265
: Ramirez, G., Gunderson, E. A., Levine, S. C., & Beilock, S. L. (2012). Spatial anxiety relates to spatial abilities as a function of working memory in children. ''The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology'', 65(3), 474–487. http://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2011.616214
;BibTeX
;BibTeX
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@article{Cobb1996a,
@article{Ramirez2012,
author = {Cobb, Paul and Yackel, Erna},
author = {Ramirez, Gerardo and Gunderson, Elizabeth A. and Levine, Susan C. and Beilock, Sian L.},
doi = {10.1080/00461520.1996.9653265},
doi = {10.1080/17470218.2011.616214},
journal = {Educational Psychologist},
journal = {The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology},
number = {3-4},
number = {3},
pages = {175--190},
pages = {474--487},
title = {{Constructivist, emergent, and sociocultural perspectives in the context of developmental research}},
title = {{Spatial anxiety relates to spatial abilities as a function of working memory in children}},
url = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00461520.1996.9653265},
url = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/ref/10.1080/17470218.2011.616214},
volume = {31},
volume = {65},
year = {1996}
year = {2012}
}
}
</pre>
</pre>


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[[Category:Journal Articles]]
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[[Category:The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology]]
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[[Category:Learning Sciences]]
[[Category:Elementary Mathematics]]
[[Category:Math Anxiety]]
[[Category:Spatial Visualization]]

Latest revision as of 04:25, 3 December 2015

Spatial Anxiety Relates to Spatial Abilities as a Function of Working Memory in Children

Abstract

Spatial ability is a strong predictor of students' pursuit of higher education in science and mathematics. However, very little is known about the affective factors that influence individual differences in spatial ability, particularly at a young age. We examine the role of spatial anxiety in young children's performance on a mental rotation task. We show that even at a young age, children report experiencing feelings of nervousness at the prospect of engaging in spatial activities. Moreover, we show that these feelings are associated with reduced mental rotation ability among students with high but not low working memory (WM). Interestingly, this WM × spatial anxiety interaction was only found among girls. We discuss these patterns of results in terms of the problem-solving strategies that boys versus girls use in solving mental rotation problems.

Corrolary

APA
Ramirez, G., Gunderson, E. A., Levine, S. C., & Beilock, S. L. (2012). Spatial anxiety relates to spatial abilities as a function of working memory in children. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 65(3), 474–487. http://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2011.616214
BibTeX
@article{Ramirez2012,
author = {Ramirez, Gerardo and Gunderson, Elizabeth A. and Levine, Susan C. and Beilock, Sian L.},
doi = {10.1080/17470218.2011.616214},
journal = {The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology},
number = {3},
pages = {474--487},
title = {{Spatial anxiety relates to spatial abilities as a function of working memory in children}},
url = {http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/ref/10.1080/17470218.2011.616214},
volume = {65},
year = {2012}
}
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