The Development of 3- to 6-Year-Olds' Symbolic Representation Ability in a Block Construction Activity

Autor/inn/en	Tian, Mi; Luo, Tianrui
Titel	The Development of 3- to 6-Year-Olds' Symbolic Representation Ability in a Block Construction Activity
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 191 (2021) 9, S.1449-1467 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Tian, Mi) ORCID (Luo, Tianrui)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2019.1656619
Schlagwörter	Child Development; Architecture; Age Groups; Developmental Stages; Transfer of Training; Models; Toys; Construction (Process); Pictorial Stimuli; Comparative Analysis; Preschool Children; Task Analysis; Pretests Posttests; Foreign Countries; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindesentwicklung; Architektur; Age grop; Altersgruppe; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Analogiemodell; Toy; Spielzeug; Aufbau; Konstruktion; Fantasieanregung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Aufgabenanalyse; Ausland
Abstract	Symbolic representation refers to the use of physical or psychological processes to represent an object in a symbolic form. The present study investigated the development of children's symbolic representation using a new measure of children's block constructions. Ninety children (44 girls) in three age groups (3-4, 4-5, and 5-6 years) were randomly assigned to reproduce an example of ancient Chinese architecture using either two-dimensional pictures or a three-dimensional scale model. Children in the 3-4 age group produced significantly better constructions in the pictures condition. This picture-superiority effect disappeared in the 4-5 age group. In the 5-6 age group, there was better dimensionality in children's constructions when they used a scale model as the referent. The data identified the age of 4-5 as a critical period for the development of children's symbolic representation to transfer relational information from a scale model to their construction. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01