Abstract:Contemporary evidence suggests that young children are able to use maps in route-following tasks if the map is oriented throughout the task, and that orientation within route-following tasks relies on the use of two basic strategies, i.e., one based on the compass, and one based on landmarks. An initial experiment with children aged 7 to 10 years showed that 8-to-10-year-old children have naturally-developed orienting strategies, whereas 7- to-8-year-old-children have not. In a second experiment, it was shown … Show more
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