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Download full textde Souza, Anthony R.; Downs, Roger M. – 1994
This booklet is both an executive summary of "Geography for Life: National Geography Standards 1994" and an introduction to geography as an essential part of every child's education, and as an integral part of the lives of all U.S. citizens. The publication is illustrated on every page with photographs, paintings, graphs, and maps. It…
Descriptors: Cartography, Elementary Secondary Education, Geographic Concepts, Geography
Liben, Lynn S.; Downs, Roger M. – 1991
A geographer and a developmental psychologist collaborated on an investigation of the development of children's ability to comprehend, produce, and use graphic representations of space. Such representations are called "geo-graphics" in this paper. The researchers held that children's mastery of maps is dependent on their developing…
Descriptors: Adults, Cartography, Children, Cognitive Ability
