Correlational studies link spatial-test scores and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics achievement. Here we asked whether children's understanding of astronomical phenomena would benefit from a prior intervention targeting a core component of children's projective spatial concepts--understanding that viewers' visual experiences are…

Presents a study of perspective taking ability among children aged 3 to 7. The first task involved a classic block appearance task. In the second task, the child and/or the experimenter each wore different colored glasses and the child was asked to describe how a white card appeared to each of them. (BD)

A study was made to investigate the hypothesis that the ability to determine, on a map, where one is located and in which direction one is headed, requires an understanding of the ways in which views change from different locations and orientations. Approximately 200 kindergarten through second-grade children were first tested individually for…