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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