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The Development of Spatial Representation Through Teaching Block-Building in Kindergartners
This study investigated the effects of the teaching block-building intervention on overall spatial representation and its three sub-forms, namely linguistic, graphic and model representations, in kindergartners. Eighty-four children (39 girls and 45 boys), aged 5–6 years old, were randomly selected...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7562790/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33132968 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.565723 |
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author | Cai, Liman Luo, Jiutong Zhang, Hui Ying, Jinling |
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description | This study investigated the effects of the teaching block-building intervention on overall spatial representation and its three sub-forms, namely linguistic, graphic and model representations, in kindergartners. Eighty-four children (39 girls and 45 boys), aged 5–6 years old, were randomly selected and equally divided into two groups, i.e., experimental group and control group. The experimental group received the intervention of teaching block-building for 14 weeks (45 min each time, once a week), while children in the control group freely played with blocks for the equivalent time. Children’s spatial representation performances were measured in both pre- and post-tests by the Experimental Tasks of Spatial Representation for Children. The results showed that: (1) teaching block-building could promote not only the overall spatial representation but also all three sub-forms of spatial representations; (2) there was no gender differences regarding the effect of teaching block-building on neither the overall nor three sub-forms of spatial representations; (3) after the intervention, the diversity of children’s choices regarding the use of sub-forms spatial representations was also promoted in the experimental group. In summary, these results contributed to a comprehensive and systematic understanding of the effects of teaching block-building on spatial representation among children in kindergartens. |
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spelling | pubmed-75627902020-10-29 The Development of Spatial Representation Through Teaching Block-Building in Kindergartners Cai, Liman Luo, Jiutong Zhang, Hui Ying, Jinling Front Psychol Psychology This study investigated the effects of the teaching block-building intervention on overall spatial representation and its three sub-forms, namely linguistic, graphic and model representations, in kindergartners. Eighty-four children (39 girls and 45 boys), aged 5–6 years old, were randomly selected and equally divided into two groups, i.e., experimental group and control group. The experimental group received the intervention of teaching block-building for 14 weeks (45 min each time, once a week), while children in the control group freely played with blocks for the equivalent time. Children’s spatial representation performances were measured in both pre- and post-tests by the Experimental Tasks of Spatial Representation for Children. The results showed that: (1) teaching block-building could promote not only the overall spatial representation but also all three sub-forms of spatial representations; (2) there was no gender differences regarding the effect of teaching block-building on neither the overall nor three sub-forms of spatial representations; (3) after the intervention, the diversity of children’s choices regarding the use of sub-forms spatial representations was also promoted in the experimental group. In summary, these results contributed to a comprehensive and systematic understanding of the effects of teaching block-building on spatial representation among children in kindergartens. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7562790/ /pubmed/33132968 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.565723 Text en Copyright © 2020 Cai, Luo, Zhang and Ying. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Cai, Liman Luo, Jiutong Zhang, Hui Ying, Jinling The Development of Spatial Representation Through Teaching Block-Building in Kindergartners |
title | The Development of Spatial Representation Through Teaching Block-Building in Kindergartners |
title_full | The Development of Spatial Representation Through Teaching Block-Building in Kindergartners |
title_fullStr | The Development of Spatial Representation Through Teaching Block-Building in Kindergartners |
title_full_unstemmed | The Development of Spatial Representation Through Teaching Block-Building in Kindergartners |
title_short | The Development of Spatial Representation Through Teaching Block-Building in Kindergartners |
title_sort | development of spatial representation through teaching block-building in kindergartners |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7562790/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33132968 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.565723 |
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