The Relation of Children's Performances in Spatial Tasks at Two Different Scales of Space
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Proceedings of the 42nd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education.. ed. / Ewa Bergqvist; Magnus Österholm; Carina Granberg; Lovisa Sumpter. Vol. 3 Umea, Sweden: Umeå Mathematics Education Research Centre, 2018. p. 59-66 (PEM Conference Proceedings; Vol. 3).
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T1 - The Relation of Children's Performances in Spatial Tasks at Two Different Scales of Space
AU - Heil, Cathleen
N1 - Conference code: 42
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Mathematics
KW - Didactics of Mathematics
M3 - Article in conference proceedings
SN - 978-91-7601-904-7
VL - 3
T3 - PEM Conference Proceedings
SP - 59
EP - 66
BT - Proceedings of the 42nd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education.
A2 - Bergqvist, Ewa
A2 - Österholm, Magnus
A2 - Granberg, Carina
A2 - Sumpter, Lovisa
PB - Umeå Mathematics Education Research Centre
CY - Umea, Sweden
T2 - Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education - PME42 2018
Y2 - 3 July 2018 through 8 July 2018
ER -