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Parental Guidance in Preschoolers' Understanding of Spatial‐Graphic Representations

Parental Guidance in Preschoolers' Understanding of Spatial‐Graphic Representations This research was designed to observe whether parents guide their children's understanding of spatial‐graphic representations and, if so, to describe the quality of the strategies they use. Parents read a picture book to their preschoolers (3 or 5 years, N=31) and children completed spatial‐graphic comprehension tasks. Observational data revealed a range of creative behaviors used to address the book's spatial‐graphic challenges. The incidence and quality of parental spatial‐graphic behaviors were significantly related to 5‐year‐old children's performance on spatial‐graphic measures. These findings, as well as the paucity of parent attention to aesthetics or graphic production techniques, are discussed in relation to representational development and educational practice. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Child Development Wiley

Parental Guidance in Preschoolers' Understanding of Spatial‐Graphic Representations

Child Development , Volume 75 (3) – May 1, 2004

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2004 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
0009-3920
eISSN
1467-8624
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00711.x
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15144491
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Abstract

This research was designed to observe whether parents guide their children's understanding of spatial‐graphic representations and, if so, to describe the quality of the strategies they use. Parents read a picture book to their preschoolers (3 or 5 years, N=31) and children completed spatial‐graphic comprehension tasks. Observational data revealed a range of creative behaviors used to address the book's spatial‐graphic challenges. The incidence and quality of parental spatial‐graphic behaviors were significantly related to 5‐year‐old children's performance on spatial‐graphic measures. These findings, as well as the paucity of parent attention to aesthetics or graphic production techniques, are discussed in relation to representational development and educational practice.

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Child DevelopmentWiley

Published: May 1, 2004

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