A cross-cultural study of young children's mapping abilities

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-277

  Blaut, Mark Blades J M ^a,b   Darvizeh, Zhra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Cross cultural environmental psychology; Mapping abilities of preschoolers

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MAPPING;

EID: 0032446047     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-2754.1998.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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