The Relation of Children's Performances in Spatial Tasks at Two Different Scales of Space

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This study investigates the relation between performances of fourth-graders in spatial tasks with depictive material in the classroom and orientation tasks in real space. The children completed a paper and pencil test and a map-based orientation test on campus. A correlational analysis revealed that the children's performances in small-scale spatial tasks are related to their performances in large-scale spatial tasks. Moreover, classes of small-scale tasks that require mental transformations concerning the self and concerning objects are related to large-scale tasks that involve the update of the self-to-landmark relations in real space and the map-environment relation, respectively. Both classes contributed to the prediction of performances in map-based orientation tasks that require a constant update of map-self-landmark relations.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 42nd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education.
EditorsEwa Bergqvist, Magnus Österholm, Carina Granberg, Lovisa Sumpter
Number of pages8
Volume3
Place of PublicationUmea, Sweden
PublisherUmeå Mathematics Education Research Centre
Publication date2018
Pages59-66
ISBN (print)978-91-7601-904-7
Publication statusPublished - 2018
EventConference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education - PME42 2018: Delight in Mathematics Education - UMEÅ University, UMEÅ, Sweden
Duration: 03.07.201808.07.2018
Conference number: 42
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