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Spatial thinking in STEM learning: Training a new generation of researchers to increase enrolment and gender balance in STEM learning by addressing deficits in spatial ability among children in Europe

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Deliverables

Teachers manual (opens in new window)

Guide to testing spatial ability among primary school children for use by teachers

Barriers to spatial teaching (opens in new window)

Preliminary analysis of barriers to raising spatial ability levels of children in Europe

Review of teacher training (opens in new window)

Summary and analysis of teacher training to raise spatial ability levels in the classroom

Spatial tests (opens in new window)

Preliminary review and listing of spatial ability tests suitable for each age group in primary school

Spatial test data (opens in new window)

Preliminary analysis of cognitive and affective data collected from children in Europe

Best practice in curriculum design (opens in new window)

Best practice in curriculum design to promote spatial ability development to prepare children, boys and girls, for STEM learning

Evaluation of training (opens in new window)

Evaluation of impact of integrated and separate spatial ability training and its relation to individual differences in working memory

Policy recommendations (opens in new window)

Policy recommendations for primary school to raise spatial ability of children in Europe beyond existing levels

Teacher training guide (opens in new window)

Guide to training teachers to raise spatial ability levels of children in the classroom

Makerspace guide (opens in new window)

Guide for coaches on role of and potential for spatial ability in maker education

Guide to development for teachers (opens in new window)

Guide to spatial ability development for use by teachers in primary school

Review of spatial training (opens in new window)

Preliminary analysis of methods to develop spatial ability among children

ORDP (opens in new window)

Regarding the digital research data generated in the action:(a) where possible format data to be FAIR compliant - Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Resusable and ensure the data will be as open as possible, as closed as necessary(b) deposit the data in a research data repository (Arrow@TU Dubln is available for this) so third parties can access, mine, exploit, reproduce and disseminate — free of charge for any user — the following:(i) the data, including associated metadata, needed to validate the results presented inscientific publications, as soon as possible;(ii) other data, including associated metadata, as specified and within the deadlines laid down in the ‘data management plan’ (see Annex 1);(c) provide information — via the repository — about tools and instruments at the disposal of the beneficiaries and necessary for validating the results (and — where possible — provide the tools and instruments themselves; open source tools will be used where possible but all associated information will be provided so that the research can be reproduced)

SellSTEM website (opens in new window)

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Publications

Professional Development for Primary School Teachers Intended to Promote Students’ Spatial Ability (opens in new window)

Author(s): Ergi Bufasi, Ildze Cakane, Inese Dudareva, Dace Namsone
Published in: International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP), Issue 14, 2024, Page(s) 130-144, ISSN 2192-4880
Publisher: International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE)
DOI: 10.3991/ijep.v14i2.43673

Fostering spatial ability development in and for authentic STEM learning (opens in new window)

Author(s): Caiwei Zhu, Chloe Oi-Ying Leung, Eleni Lagoudaki, Mariana Velho, Natalia Segura-Caballero, Dietsje Jolles, Gavin Duffy, Günter Maresch, Marianna Pagkratidou, Remke Klapwijk
Published in: Frontiers in Education, Issue 8, 2023, ISSN 2504-284X
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2023.1138607

Making pedagogy for spatial literacy: a case study of an origami workshop in an after-school makerspace

Author(s): WESTERHOF, M. B.; O’KANE, C.; DUFFY, G.
Published in: Design and Technology Education: An International Journal, 2024, ISSN 2040-8633
Publisher: Liverpool John Moores University

Investigating the role of spatial thinking in children’s design ideation through an open-ended design-by-analogy challenge (opens in new window)

Author(s): Caiwei Zhu, Remke Klapwijk, Miroslava Silva-Ordaz, Jeroen Spandaw, Marc J. de Vries
Published in: International Journal of Technology and Design Education, Issue 34, 2024, Page(s) 1733-1762, ISSN 0957-7572
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10798-024-09877-7

Under My Skin: Reducing Bias in STEM through New Approaches to Assessment of Spatial Abilities Considering the Role of Emotional Regulation (opens in new window)

Author(s): Michelle Lennon-Maslin, Claudia Michaela Quaiser-Pohl, Vera Ruthsatz, Mirko Saunders
Published in: Social Sciences, Issue 12, 2023, Page(s) 356, ISSN 2076-0760
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/socsci12060356

“It’s Different for Girls!” The Role of Anxiety, Physiological Arousal, and Subject Preferences in Primary School Children’s Math and Mental Rotation Performance (opens in new window)

Author(s): Michelle Lennon-Maslin, Claudia Michaela Quaiser-Pohl
Published in: Behavioral Sciences, Issue 14, 2024, Page(s) 809, ISSN 2076-328X
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/bs14090809

Cognitive and embodied mapping of data: an examination of children’s spatial thinking in data physicalization (opens in new window)

Author(s): Caiwei Zhu, Remke Klapwijk, Miroslava Silva-Ordaz, Jeroen Spandaw, Marc J. de Vries
Published in: Frontiers in Education, Issue 8, 2023, ISSN 2504-284X
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2023.1308117

Factors Associated with STEM Career Expectations of Greek 15-Year-Old Students (opens in new window)

Author(s): Marianna Pagkratidou, Michalis P. Michaelides, Vasiliki Pitsia, Anastasios Karakolidis
Published in: Journal for STEM Education Research, Issue 8, 2025, Page(s) 59-87, ISSN 2520-8705
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/s41979-024-00124-1

Addressing the complexity of spatial teaching: a narrative review of barriers and enablers (opens in new window)

Author(s): Ergi Bufasi, Ting Jun Lin, Ursa Benedicic, Marten Westerhof, Rohit Mishra, Dace Namsone, Inese Dudareva, Sheryl Sorby, Lena Gumaelius, Remke M. Klapwijk, Jeroen Spandaw, Brian Bowe, Colm O'Kane, Gavin Duffy, Marianna Pagkratidou, Jeffrey Buckley
Published in: Frontiers in Education, Issue 9, 2024, ISSN 2504-284X
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1306189

Lesson Study as a Professional Development Model for Teaching Spatial Ability in Primary STEM (opens in new window)

Author(s): Ergi Bufasi, Ildze Čakāne, Karlis Greitans, Inese Dudareva, Dace Namsone
Published in: Education Sciences, Issue 14, 2024, Page(s) 512, ISSN 2227-7102
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/educsci14050512

The potential for spatial ability development through the Swedish technology and craft compulsory curricula (opens in new window)

Author(s): Ting Jun Lin, Jeffrey Buckley, Lena Gumaelius, Ernest Ampadu
Published in: International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2024, ISSN 0957-7572
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10798-024-09958-7

Beyond numbers: the role of mathematics self-concept and spatial anxiety in shaping mental rotation performance and STEM preferences in primary education (opens in new window)

Author(s): Michelle Lennon-Maslin, Claudia Quaiser-Pohl, Lea-Christin Wickord
Published in: Frontiers in Education, Issue 9, 2024, ISSN 2504-284X
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1300598

Gender stereotypes in preschoolers’ mental rotation (opens in new window)

Author(s): W. Miro Ebert, Leonardo Jost, Petra Jansen
Published in: Frontiers in Psychology, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 1664-1078
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1284314

Locating the potential development of spatial ability in the Swedish national curriculum (opens in new window)

Author(s): Ting Jun Lin, Jeffrey Buckley, Lena Gumaelius, Ernest Ampadu
Published in: Heliyon, Issue 10, 2025, Page(s) e38356, ISSN 2405-8440
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38356

Visual working memory as the substrate for mental rotation: A replication (opens in new window)

Author(s): W. Miro Ebert, Leonardo Jost, Petra Jansen, Biljana Stevanovski, Daniel Voyer
Published in: Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2024, ISSN 1069-9384
Publisher: Psychonomic Society Inc.
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-024-02602-4

Thinking Spatially About Data: A Developing Framework to Understand Children's Spatial Reasoning in Data Physicalization (opens in new window)

Author(s): Caiwei Zhu, Remke Klapwijk
Published in: Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference, 2024, Page(s) 537-542
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3585088.3593891

‘Bear Hunt’ Sparks Change: Using Lesson Study to Integrate Spatial Thinking in Early Childhood Design Education

Author(s): Rohit Mishra, Remke M. Klapwijk
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Springer

Gender in Teacher-Student Interactions: Another Factor in Spatial Ability Development and STEM Affiliation

Author(s): Gamarra Estefania, Tenbrink Thora & Mills Debra
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Springer

The influence of gender stereotypes on women’s spatial abilities and their underrepresentation in the field of engineering

Author(s): Malkogeorgou, Styliani Duffy, Gavin
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Developing spatial literacy through designing origami: advancing maker education pedagogy with maker études

Author(s): Westerhof, M. B., O’Kane, C., & Duffy, G.
Published in: The 40th International Pupils’ Attitudes Towards Technology Conference Proceedings, 2023
Publisher: Liverpool John Moores University,

The phantom menace: spatial abilities and STEM outreach to fight underrepresentation in STEM

Author(s): Velho, Mariana Dorran, David Duffy, Gavin
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

An ongoing spatial intervention project in irish secondary schools for improved engineering education

Author(s): Benedičič, Urša Duffy, Gavin Sorby, Sheryl
Published in: 2022
Publisher: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Promoting Engineering To K12 Students Through Spatially Challenging Making And Outreach Activities

Author(s): Duffy, G., Westerhoff, M., Keogh, D., & O'Kane, C.
Published in: 2023
Publisher: 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI)

Mindset Matters: The Role of Mathematics Self-concept and Age in Mental Rotation Performance Among Primary School Children

Author(s): Michelle Lennon-Maslin & Claudia Quaiser-Pohl
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Springer

The Spatial Aspect of Designing: Opportunities, Challenges, and Conjectures on Engaging Pupils in Spatial Thinking Through Design Education

Author(s): Caiwei Zhu & Remke Klapwijk
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Springer

THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF STIMULI ON GENDER DIFFERENCES IN MENTAL ROTATION TASKS (opens in new window)

Author(s): Natalia Segura Caballero, Günter Maresch
Published in: ICERI Proceedings, ICERI2023 Proceedings, Issue 1, 2023, Page(s) 1486-1493
Publisher: IATED
DOI: 10.21125/iceri.2023.0469

Assessing pupils’ creative design ideas and prototypes using comparative judgment

Author(s): Caiwei Zhu and Remke Klapwijk
Published in: 2024
Publisher: 41st Pupils' Attitudes Towards Technology (PATT) Education Research Conference

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN SPATIAL THINKING ONLINE TRAINING (opens in new window)

Author(s): Natalia Segura Caballero, Günter Maresch
Published in: ICERI Proceedings, ICERI2022 Proceedings, Issue 1, 2023, Page(s) 802-808
Publisher: IATED
DOI: 10.21125/iceri.2022.0249

IMPROVED ARITHMETIC PERFORMANCE WHEN DIGITALLY TRAINING SPATIAL ABILITIES DURING THE MATHEMATICS CLASS

Author(s): Lagoudaki, E., Maresch, G., & Pagkratidou, M.
Published in: 2024
Publisher: 5th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME15)

Situating spatial ability development in the Craft and Technology curricula of Swedish compulsory education

Author(s): LIN, T.-J., Buckley, J., Gumaelius, L., & Ampadu, E.
Published in: The 40th International Pupils’ Attitudes Towards Technology Conference Proceedings, 2023
Publisher: Liverpool Hope Moore University

The Spatial Aspect of Designing: Opportunities, Challenges, and Conjectures on Engaging Pupils in Spatial Thinking Through Design Education (opens in new window)

Author(s): Caiwei Zhu, Remke Klapwijk
Published in: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Spatial Cognition XIII, 2024, Page(s) 97-113
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-63115-3_7

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