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    Spatial Thinking and the National Science Standards

    Post by Brixovng &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 &#13 The relationship of the science standards to the basic concepts of spatial thinking is by no implies as explicit as it is in the mathematics standards (NRC, 1996). A detailed reading of the science standards suggests that there is spatial thinking and spatial reasoning content, but neither phrase appears in the text, nor are the ideas addressed explicitly and systematically. The science standards are comparable in structure to those for mathematics. The 1 exception is that although the mathematics standards speak of “standards and principles,” the science standards broadly apply the concept of standards to each element of…