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Preschoolers’ Perceptual Analogical Reasoning and Map Reading: A Preliminary Study on the Mediating Effect of Spatial Language

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العنوان: Preschoolers’ Perceptual Analogical Reasoning and Map Reading: A Preliminary Study on the Mediating Effect of Spatial Language
المؤلفون: Marco Giancola, Maria Chiara Pino, Valentina Riccio, Laura Piccardi, Simonetta D’Amico
المصدر: Children; Volume 10; Issue 4; Pages: 630
بيانات النشر: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: MDPI Open Access Publishing
مصطلحات موضوعية: perceptual analogical reasoning, map reading, navigation, spatial language, children, topographical disorientation, cognitive rehabilitation, mediation
الوصف: Reading and interpreting a map represents an essential part of daily life, enabling appropriate orientation and navigation through space. Based on the idea that perceptual analogical reasoning is critical in aligning the spatial structure of the map with the spatial structure of the space and given the critical role of language, especially spatial language, in encoding and establishing spatial relations among elements in the environment, the present study investigated the joint contribution of perceptual analogical reasoning and spatial language in map reading. The study was conducted with 56 typically developing 4- to 6-year-old children, and the results indicated that perceptual abstract reasoning affected map reading through the mediating effect of spatial language. These findings yielded theoretical and practical implications regarding the role of perceptual abstract reasoning and spatial language in shaping map-reading abilities in the early stages of life, highlighting that domain-specific language competencies are necessary to improve the encoding of spatial relations, to establish object correspondences, and to ensure successful navigation. Limitations and future research directions were discussed.
نوع الوثيقة: text
وصف الملف: application/pdf
اللغة: English
Relation: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children10040630
DOI: 10.3390/children10040630
الاتاحة: https://doi.org/10.3390/children10040630
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.CDC91C6
قاعدة البيانات: BASE
الوصف
DOI:10.3390/children10040630