Author(s)

Li Min ¹, Tian Jing ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ College of Education, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China

Corresponding Author

Li Min

ABSTRACT

Mental rotation is important for individual development and is "teachable", but there is a scarcity of research on intervention programs for preschool children that are tailored to the daily work of kindergartens. In this study, we used a 2 (time: pre-test/post-test) × 2 (group: experimental/control) experimental design, and based on the concept of "teaching for fun", we conducted 8 play-based teaching activities for 4 weeks with 20 children in the experimental group. The study found that: (1) the development of children's mental rotation ability is limited under the state of "letting nature take its course", and its enhancement needs to be improved through the intervention of educational activities; (2) game-based teaching can effectively improve children's mental rotation ability; (3) the development of children's mental rotation ability has the difference of rotation direction and rotation angle.

KEYWORDS

Gamified instruction; mental rotation skills; older children

CITE THIS PAPER

Li Min, Tian Jing, An intervention study of mental rotation skills in older children. Applied & Educational Psychology (2025) Vol. 6: 43-48. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/appep.2025.060107.

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