Spatial Conceptions in Chinese and Canadian Children |
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Authors: | C. Brian Harvey Zhu Manshu Kang Ching Biao Zhang FU Jue |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychological Foundations in Education , University of Victoria , Canada, USA;2. Department of Psychology , East China Normal University , USA |
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Abstract: | Four-, five-, and six-year-old Chinese and Canadian boys and girls were presented a series of 11 graphic models and were asked to draw them. Supporting Piaget's theory, the data indicated that drawing performance on the topological dimension was better than the performance on the Euclidean dimension, and that there were neither gender nor cultural differences in performance. The research offers strong support for a main effect of biological or maturational factors as the foundation for the developmental influences in the acquisition of spatial conceptions. |
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Keywords: | false belief language low-income siblings |
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