Spatial Tests, Familiarity with the Surroundings, and Spatial Activity Experience: How Do They Contribute to Children's Spatial Orientation in Macro Environments?
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Spatial Tests, Familiarity with the Surroundings, and Spatial Activity Experience : How Do They Contribute to Children's Spatial Orientation in Macro Environments? / Neidhardt, Eva; Popp, Michael.
In: Journal of Individual Differences, Vol. 31, No. 2, 2010, p. 59-63.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Spatial Tests, Familiarity with the Surroundings, and Spatial Activity Experience
T2 - How Do They Contribute to Children's Spatial Orientation in Macro Environments?
AU - Neidhardt, Eva
AU - Popp, Michael
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Spatial orientation as the ability to know the bearing to the origin of a walked path was investigated in two studies with ca. 140 preschool and primary school children who walked paths of about 1 km beginning at the familiar kindergarten or in a completely unknown territory. Path difficulty and familiarity with the surroundings influenced correctness of pointing. Spatial ability measured by test performance and spatial activity experience, i.e., children's reports about unsupervised walks, effected pointing accuracy as well. The data emphasize that spatial activity experience may be an important factor for spatial orientation beyond kindergarten age.
AB - Spatial orientation as the ability to know the bearing to the origin of a walked path was investigated in two studies with ca. 140 preschool and primary school children who walked paths of about 1 km beginning at the familiar kindergarten or in a completely unknown territory. Path difficulty and familiarity with the surroundings influenced correctness of pointing. Spatial ability measured by test performance and spatial activity experience, i.e., children's reports about unsupervised walks, effected pointing accuracy as well. The data emphasize that spatial activity experience may be an important factor for spatial orientation beyond kindergarten age.
KW - Psychology
KW - Preschool children
KW - Spatial ability
KW - Spatial activity experience
KW - Spatial orientation
KW - Cultural studies
UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-77953708353&origin=inward&txGid=0
U2 - 10.1027/1614-0001/a000010
DO - 10.1027/1614-0001/a000010
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 31
SP - 59
EP - 63
JO - Journal of Individual Differences
JF - Journal of Individual Differences
SN - 1614-0001
IS - 2
ER -