Write a Rule Workshop 7 Spatial Visualization lesson 7/workshop 7 Note: The slides are animated so a mouse or keyboard click brings up the next image, text or slide.

Purdue Spatial Visualization Test: Rotations (PSVT:R) Example question: You have taken the Purdue Spatial Visualization Test: Rotations, the hardest test. You were given 30 minutes to answer 30 questions that look like this. The format is similar to SAT questions, but with shapes instead of words. What do you think is the answer? (Answer is D) Today we are going to explore a test-taking technique called “write a rule” that is helpful for answering these sorts of spatial visualization problems, on tests and in the real world. A B C D E

Write a Rule Steps Look at the example and pick a side Find the same side after its rotation Write a rule! Locate the same side on the new object Follow your rule Compare to the provided answers and find the correct one

Workshop 7 Stations Station 1: Write a Rule Practice Individually, complete the first 8 problems on the practice test For each problem, write a rule and then select the answer, writing it on scrap paper Check your answers with the answer key Station 2: Workbook Drill Individually, answer questions on EVEN pages rot2-1 to rot2 -17 on scrap paper Check your answers with the answer key Leave this slide up so students know what to accomplish at each station