Beryl Ann Otumfuor

Biographic Data

ID5706590
NAMEBeryl Ann Otumfuor
GIVEN NAMESBeryl Ann
FAMILY NAMEOtumfuor
SIGNATUREOTUMFUOR B A
AFFILIATIONSDepartment of Educational Psychology University of Georgia Athens Georgia USA
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX0

  • A longitudinal study of spatial skills and number sense development in elementary school children

    MARTHA CARR, Erin Horan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Educational Psychology2020

    Spatial skills have been consistently linked to mathematics achievement in older students and adults, but we know little about their relationship to mathematics achievement in elementary school. This study examined how spatial skills influenced the development of number sense, and subsequent mathematics competency, as students progressed from the 2nd to the 4th grade. Gender, verbal working memory (VWM), and socioeconomic status (SES) have also b…

  • Teacher spatial skills are linked to differences in geometry instruction

    Open AccessBeryl Ann Otumfuor, MARTHA CARRARTICLEBritish Journal of Educational…2017References: 50

    BACKGROUND: Spatial skills have been linked to better performance in mathematics. AIM: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between teacher spatial skills and their instruction, including teacher content and pedagogical knowledge, use of pictorial representations, and use of gestures during geometry instruction. SAMPLE: Fifty-six middle school teachers participated in the study. METHODS: The teachers were administered spatial…