Changing Predictors of Map Use in Wayfinding.

Scholnick, Ellin Kofsky; And Others

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Publication Date: 1990

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Changing Predictors of Map Use in Wayfinding.

Scholnick, Ellin Kofsky; And Others

Developmental Psychology, v26 n2 p188-93 Mar 1990

Findings in a study of 94 children in nursery school and day care who completed landmark placement, mental rotation, and map tasks suggested the existence of 2 different, age-related strategies of map use. Younger and older map users may make different tradeoffs between encoding and updating. (RH)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Map Skills, Predictor Variables, Preschool Children, Recall (Psychology), Research Methodology

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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