
ERIC Number: EJ504151
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1341
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Going beyond Location: Thematic Maps in the Early Elementary Grades.
Trifonoff, Karen M.
Journal of Geography, v94 n2 p368-74 Mar-Apr 1995
Maintains that cartographic research has long suggested that preschool and early elementary students possess advanced mapping behaviors. Reports on a study of the thematic mapping abilities of 74 second-grade students. Finds that the map tasks were appropriate for this age level and provides four recommendations for classroom instruction. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Aptitude, Cartography, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Geographic Concepts, Geographic Location, Geography, Geography Instruction, Grade 2, Instructional Materials, Maps, Primary Education, Social Science Research, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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