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Cheng, Yi-Ling; Mix, Kelly S. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2014
We tested whether mental rotation training improved math performance in 6- to 8-year-olds. Children were pretested on a range of number and math skills. Then one group received a single session of mental rotation training using an object completion task that had previously improved spatial ability in children this age (Ehrlich, Levine, &…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Control Groups, Spatial Ability, Children
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Hirsch, Pamela L.; Sandberg, Elisabeth Hollister – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2013
Two studies examined children's map construction skills when drawing demands were removed from the task and scenes were highly simplified. Study 1 compared the performance of first graders and third graders on their ability to preserve configuration during transformation of pictured arrays from eye-level to aerial views. For children with…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Comparative Analysis, Age Differences, Map Skills