A Developmental Psychologists Approach to Spatial Cognition in Geography Lynn S. Liben Penn State, USA NGS, Washington D.C., November
Overview My approach/interests Spatial skills Projects
Spatial Concepts topological projective Euclidean
Spatial Skills mental rotation spatial visualization spatial perception or orientation
Circle all of the figures that are the SAME as the first figure in the row. Rotation
Circle the figure on the right that shows where the holes would be after the paper is unfolded. Visualization
Perception/ Orientation
Linking Spatial Cognition & Geography(+)
(Subliminally)
Developing Map Concepts & Map Skills
Success on the National Geographic Bee
Spatial Skills & Mapping Locations Boys Girls Red
Spatial Skills & Mapping Locations
Spatial Skills & Geology
Educational Interventions & Mapping
Exploring Maps in a Museum Context
I invite you to my 150 slide poster… and
Thank you for a chance at speed spatial cognition. FOUR