International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education
Editors: A/Prof John Lidstone, Queensland University of Technology and Prof Joseph P. Stoltman, Western Michigan University
Book Review Editor: Dr Sarah Witham Bednarz, Texas A & M University
Editorial Assistant: Donna Bennett, Australia
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Volume: 7 Number: 1 Page: 50–66
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Starting Abilities Required to Learn Mapping Skills Related to Physical Maps
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Shimshon Livni Varda Bar
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The cognitive starting abilities needed for the learning of the physical map, were evaluated for a population of Israeli Elementary School students at Grades 3 to 6 and assessed according to a sequential
theoretical model developed in this study. It was found that these abilities develop with age and that the majority of Grade 4 students possess some of these cognitive requirements.In the light of the results
of this research, a new unit for teaching mapping skills to Grade 4 Elementary School students was recommended.
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