Learning Experience 1.2

Identifying opportunities to extend children’s NS through SR

Consider the following Diagnostic Tasks for Measurement: Desk through the doorway, and Snail Trails. https://myresources.education.wa.edu.au/programs/first-steps-mathematics/measurement  

Each assessment was implemented with a child in either F, 1 or 2. Using the literature you have read on spatial reasoning, analyse the work samples and assessment data through a spatial reasoning lens.

• What skills and spatial reasoning capabilities are being drawn on in each task?
• How to these connect with the mathematical concept(s) of focus?  

You may like to download a copy of these assessments and implement with your own class to explore further the connections between spatial reasoning and early mathematics.