Connecting the Dots: Children's Use of a Systematic Figure To Facilitate Mapping and Search.

Uttal, David H.; Gregg, Vanessa H.; Tan, Lisa S.; Chamberlin, Meghan H.; Sines, Amy

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Publication Date: 2001

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Connecting the Dots: Children's Use of a Systematic Figure To Facilitate Mapping and Search.

Uttal, David H.; Gregg, Vanessa H.; Tan, Lisa S.; Chamberlin, Meghan H.; Sines, Amy

Developmental Psychology, v37 n3 p338-50 May 2001

Examined in four studies the predictive value of organizing locations into a systematic figure for predicting preschoolers' use of spatial relations in a mapping task. Found that seeing a dog pattern formed by search locations facilitated performance of 5-year-olds but not younger children. Verbal labels alone or adding lines to an unsystematic figure did not convey an advantage. (KB)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Map Skills, Performance Factors, Prediction, Preschool Children, Search Strategies, Spatial Ability

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Language: English

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