This dissertation research presents the results of an investigation carried out in the
master's degree in Geography at the Federal University of Tocantins and was initiated
with the aim of understanding and reflecting on the development of geographic
reasoning among students in the 9th year of elementary school at a public school in
Palmas, TO. The research was carried out with full monitoring in the years 2022 and
2023 and the instrument used to carry it out was an adaptation of the Spatial Thinking
Ability Test, developed by Lee & Bednarz (2012). The results showed disparities
between the classes that can be seen in the dissertation and that will certainly help the
planning of Geography teachers to develop new arrangements in the search to mitigate
possible gaps in the process of developing students' spatial thinking. The research
seeks to demonstrate how important it is to monitor, together with students, the process
of learning and developing geographic reasoning in elementary school, especially
when the degree of complexity of concepts and principles is elementary, since in high
school, analyzes are made on more complex scales.
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