1. A Developmental Psychologists Approach to Spatial Cognition in Geography Lynn S. Liben Penn State, USA NGS, Washington D.C., November 6-8 2008

2. Overview My approach/interests Spatial skills Projects

4. Spatial Concepts topological projective Euclidean

5. Spatial Skills mental rotation spatial visualization spatial perception or orientation

6. Circle all of the figures that are the SAME as the first figure in the row. Rotation

7. Circle the figure on the right that shows where the holes would be after the paper is unfolded. Visualization

8. Perception/ Orientation

12. Linking Spatial Cognition & Geography(+)

13. (Subliminally)

14. Developing Map Concepts & Map Skills

15. Success on the National Geographic Bee

16. Spatial Skills & Mapping Locations Boys Girls Red

17. Spatial Skills & Mapping Locations

18. Spatial Skills & Geology

19. Educational Interventions & Mapping

21. Exploring Maps in a Museum Context

22. I invite you to my 150 slide poster… and

23. Thank you for a chance at speed spatial cognition. FOUR