A Cross-Cultural Study of Young Children's Mapping Abilities
The mapping abilities of four-year-old children in York, England, Durban, South Africa, Tehran, Iran, Mexico City, Mexico and Evanston, Illinois, USA were investigated, using a methodology involving air-photo identification and simulated navigation on an air photo. The results show that essential ma...
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Published in | Transactions - Institute of British Geographers (1965) Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 269 - 277 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Oxford, UK
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.06.1998
Royal Geographical Society (With the Institute of British Geographers) Institute of British Geographers |
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Summary: | The mapping abilities of four-year-old children in York, England, Durban, South Africa, Tehran, Iran, Mexico City, Mexico and Evanston, Illinois, USA were investigated, using a methodology involving air-photo identification and simulated navigation on an air photo. The results show that essential mapping abilities (perspective and scale transformations) are well developed by the age of four in these cultures, and provide some evidence in support of the hypothesis that mapping abilities emerge without training in very young children of all cultures. |
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Bibliography: | ArticleID:TRAN269 istex:BE5DF1E0D1A0BB4DC448655F7373EB2FF395B5C1 ark:/67375/WNG-GWH9175R-9 |
ISSN: | 0020-2754 1475-5661 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.0020-2754.1998.00269.x |