Parental guidance in preschoolers' understanding of spatial-graphic representations |
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Authors: | Szechter Lisa E Liben Lynn S |
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Institution: | Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802, USA. |
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Abstract: | This research was designed to observe whether parents guide their children's understanding of spatial-graphic representations and, if so, to describe the quality of the strategies they use. Parents read a picture book to their preschoolers (3 or 5 years, N=31) and children completed spatial-graphic comprehension tasks. Observational data revealed a range of creative behaviors used to address the book's spatial-graphic challenges. The incidence and quality of parental spatial-graphic behaviors were significantly related to 5-year-old children's performance on spatial-graphic measures. These findings, as well as the paucity of parent attention to aesthetics or graphic production techniques, are discussed in relation to representational development and educational practice. |
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