Assessing Spatial Development: Implications for Map Skill Instruction.

Muir, Sharon Pray; Cheek, Helen Neely

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ERIC Number: EJ440270

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Assessing Spatial Development: Implications for Map Skill Instruction.

Muir, Sharon Pray; Cheek, Helen Neely

Social Education, v55 n5 p316-19 Sep 1991

Argues that map skills instruction is among the broadest skill applications in the elementary school curriculum. Identifies problems encountered by elementary school children in dealing with maps and describes tasks designed to address such problems. Suggests that what teachers and curriculum developers learn from working with students can be used to improve instruction. (SG)

Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Instructional Improvement, Map Skills, Maps, Social Studies, Spatial Ability

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Evaluative

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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