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Uttal, David H.; Fisher, Joan A.; Taylor, Holly A. – Developmental Science, 2006
People acquire spatial information from many sources, including maps, verbal descriptions, and navigating in the environment. The different sources present spatial information in different ways. For example, maps can show many spatial relations simultaneously, but in a description, each spatial relation must be presented sequentially. The present…
Descriptors: Maps, Concept Formation, Cognitive Mapping, Spatial Ability

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