"Spatial ability is the ability to understand how objects relate to each other in space and being able to visualize an image in your mind and manipulate it in order to make decisions," Mike Quinn tells CBS News.
"It can be making decisions about walking in a busy hallway or figuring out a math equation."
Quinn, an education entrepreneur in Iowa, is hoping to change that with Learn Spatial, a website and app that he says will help kids struggling in math and cognitive learning acquire these skills.
The site and app, which will launch later this fall, are specifically designed to help kids in grades 3 through 8 who are struggling in math or other areas.
Quinn says he came up with the idea for Learn Spatial after one of his children was struggling with spatial skills and working memory.
"We live in a neurodivergent family and one of my children was struggling and we did cognitive testing," he says.
"She showed a low visual, spatial ability, and working memory and I dug in from there."
He says the research on spatial learning and children's memory led him to develop the program, which includes mental rotation, transformation, and spatial learning practice.
He says the games are meant to be played directly before learning math or completing homework, and adults can use the
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