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Children's expressions of spatial knowledge.

G L Allen1, K C Kirasic, R L Beard

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208.

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
|August 1, 1989
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Children

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Development
  • Spatial Cognition
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • Understanding how children acquire and express spatial knowledge is crucial for educational and developmental psychology.
  • Previous research indicates varying developmental trajectories for different aspects of spatial cognition.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate age-related differences in the expression of spatial knowledge among children.
  • To examine how children of different ages (first, fourth, and sixth grade) represent spatial information through model construction, verbal descriptions, and route reversal tasks.

Main Methods:

  • Children learned a pedestrian maze path.
  • Post-learning assessments included: building a model of the maze, verbally describing the path, and performing a route reversal task.

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  • Performance was analyzed based on age group and task type.

    • Main Results:

    • Maze learning speed and verbal description accuracy improved with age, suggesting verbal mediation in learning.
    • Children excelled at sequencing maze intersections in models but struggled with path selection within the model.
    • Route reversal accuracy was high and consistent across all age groups.

    Conclusions:

    • Spatial knowledge expression involves both general cognitive skills and task-specific abilities.
    • Age-related improvements in spatial tasks are evident, particularly in verbally mediated aspects.
    • The findings highlight the multifaceted nature of spatial cognition development in children.