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ERIC Number: EJ635799
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
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
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Search Behavior