Abstract: Decades of research in psychology have demonstrated the importance of spatial reasoning to mathematics. As the mathematics education field moves to incorporate spatial reasoning activities into mathematics teaching, many elementary teachers struggle to see the links to their curriculum. In this activity, participants will explore a PF modelling task where participants must intentionally move between 3D and 2D. After completing some of the task, participants will discuss the spatial reasoning within the task, links to Ontario Mathematics curriculum and cross-curricular opportunities within the task.

Bio: Diane Hobenshield Tepylo taught at a small school in Eastern Ontario for many years. She is now teaching at the University of Ontario Institute while completing her doctoral dissertation at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. In her research and teaching, Diane explores the affordances of spatial reasoning and computational thinking for mathematical learning.