児童期における方向推測の正確さに関する探索的研究(教育科学編)

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The main aim of the study was to examine the following hypotheses: (1) Older children in primary school would point to landmarks in their school campus more accurately than younger ones; (2) Boys would outperform girls in pointing accuracy. Response bias with direction-circle was also examined. Participants were 3^<rd> (mean age=7;7 yrs), 4^<th> (8;6), 5^<th> (9;7), and 6^<th> (10;6) grade primary school children in north London. They were instructed to indicate the direction of landmarks on their school campus by drawing arrows on the sheet from the centre to circumference. Results suggested the followings: Firstly, 3^<rd> graders were less accurate than other graders. Both period of experience and cognitive development could cause the age effect. Secondly, it was found that boys were more accurate in pointing than girls, though participants are not yet adolescent age. Thirdly, there were significant differences between the actual and pointed directions in fourteen of 24 targets, five of which had a tendency toward the horizontal/vertical, and two toward the centres (diagonals) of quadrants. There might be pointing bias toward horizontal or vertical line, when using directional circle.
2006-03-01