Spatial reasoning involves transforming two and three dimensional understandings into visual models and vice versa. (Creating the map of travelling from home to school in a form others can understand.) Bruce et al. (2017) defined spatial reasoning as “the ability to recognize and (mentally) manipulate the spatial properties of objects and the spatial relations among objects”.
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Bruce, C. D., Davis, B., Sinclair, N., McGarvey, L., Hallowell, D., Drefs, M., … & Woolcott, G. (2017). Understanding gaps in research networks: using “spatial reasoning” as a window into the importance of networked educational research. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 95(2), 143-161.