TY - JOUR
T1 - Identifying locations and directions on field and representational mapping tasks
T2 - Predictors of success
AU - Liben, Lynn S.
AU - Myers, Lauren J.
AU - Christensen, Adam E.
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to Kelly Garner for her outstanding help in data collection and to the members of the Penn State Cognitive and Social Development Lab for their dedicated contributions to data coding and entry. Financial support for components of this work was provided by the National Science Foundation #DRL-0411686 to Liben although the opinions are those of the authors and no endorsement of the NSF should be inferred.
PY - 2010/4
Y1 - 2010/4
N2 - Performance on field and representational mapping tasks was examined in relation to spatial skills, self-reported wayfinding skills, and participant sex. In field tasks, participants marked their locations and orientations on maps and pointed toward buildings marked on the map. In representational tasks, participants linked maps to photographed scenes and videotaped walks. Collectively, spatial tests predicted performance on all mapping tasks; tests adding unique prediction differed across tasks. Self-reported wayfinding skills predicted success on field but not representational mapping tasks. Findings show the value of research with both field and representational mapping tasks and the need to include directional information on You-Are-Here maps.
AB - Performance on field and representational mapping tasks was examined in relation to spatial skills, self-reported wayfinding skills, and participant sex. In field tasks, participants marked their locations and orientations on maps and pointed toward buildings marked on the map. In representational tasks, participants linked maps to photographed scenes and videotaped walks. Collectively, spatial tests predicted performance on all mapping tasks; tests adding unique prediction differed across tasks. Self-reported wayfinding skills predicted success on field but not representational mapping tasks. Findings show the value of research with both field and representational mapping tasks and the need to include directional information on You-Are-Here maps.
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U2 - 10.1080/13875860903568550
DO - 10.1080/13875860903568550
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78651267267
SN - 1387-5868
VL - 10
SP - 105
EP - 134
JO - Spatial Cognition and Computation
JF - Spatial Cognition and Computation
IS - 2-3
ER -