Hierarchical Development of Early Visual-Spatial Abilities – A Taxonomy Based Assessment Using the MaGrid App
Visual-spatial abilities (VSA) are considered a building block of early numerical development. They are intuitively acquired in early childhood and differentiate in further development. However, when children enter school, there already are considerable individual differences in children’s visual-sp...
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| author | Stefanie Jung Stefanie Jung Anna Meinhardt Anna Meinhardt Anna Meinhardt David Braeuning David Braeuning David Braeuning Stephanie Roesch Véronique Cornu Tahereh Pazouki Christine Schiltz Jan Lonnemann Korbinian Moeller Korbinian Moeller Korbinian Moeller Korbinian Moeller Korbinian Moeller |
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| description | Visual-spatial abilities (VSA) are considered a building block of early numerical development. They are intuitively acquired in early childhood and differentiate in further development. However, when children enter school, there already are considerable individual differences in children’s visual-spatial and numerical abilities. To better understand this diversity, it is necessary to empirically evaluate the development as well as the latent structure of early VSA as proposed by the 2 by 2 taxonomy of Newcombe and Shipley (2015). In the present study, we report on a tablet-based assessment of VSA using the digital application (app) MaGrid in kindergarten children aged 4–6 years. We investigated whether the visual-spatial tasks implemented in MaGrid are sensitive to replicate previously observed age differences in VSA and thus a hierarchical development of VSA. Additionally, we evaluated whether the selected tasks conform to the taxonomy of VSA by Newcombe and Shipley (2015) applying a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) approach. Our results indicated that the hierarchical development of VSA can be measured using MaGrid. Furthermore, the CFA substantiated the hypothesized factor structure of VSA in line with the dimensions proposed in the taxonomy of Newcombe and Shipley (2015). Taken together, the present results advance our knowledge to the (hierarchical) development as well as the latent structure of early VSA in kindergarten children. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-af6a5770c3dc45b2872e61cd66337a7d2022-12-22T03:38:49ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-05-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.00871519138Hierarchical Development of Early Visual-Spatial Abilities – A Taxonomy Based Assessment Using the MaGrid AppStefanie Jung0Stefanie Jung1Anna Meinhardt2Anna Meinhardt3Anna Meinhardt4David Braeuning5David Braeuning6David Braeuning7Stephanie Roesch8Véronique Cornu9Tahereh Pazouki10Christine Schiltz11Jan Lonnemann12Korbinian Moeller13Korbinian Moeller14Korbinian Moeller15Korbinian Moeller16Korbinian Moeller17Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen, GermanyDepartment of Psychology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyLeibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen, GermanyDIPF Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, Frankfurt, GermanyCenter for Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk (IDeA), Frankfurt, GermanyLeibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen, GermanyLEAD Graduate School and Research Network, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyHector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyLeibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen, GermanyLuxembourg Centre for Educational Testing (LUCET), University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, LuxembourgLuxembourg Centre for Educational Testing (LUCET), University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, LuxembourgDepartment of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (DBCS), University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, LuxembourgEmpirical Childhood Research, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, GermanyLeibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Tübingen, GermanyDepartment of Psychology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyCenter for Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk (IDeA), Frankfurt, GermanyLEAD Graduate School and Research Network, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany0Centre for Mathematical Cognition, School of Science, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United KingdomVisual-spatial abilities (VSA) are considered a building block of early numerical development. They are intuitively acquired in early childhood and differentiate in further development. However, when children enter school, there already are considerable individual differences in children’s visual-spatial and numerical abilities. To better understand this diversity, it is necessary to empirically evaluate the development as well as the latent structure of early VSA as proposed by the 2 by 2 taxonomy of Newcombe and Shipley (2015). In the present study, we report on a tablet-based assessment of VSA using the digital application (app) MaGrid in kindergarten children aged 4–6 years. We investigated whether the visual-spatial tasks implemented in MaGrid are sensitive to replicate previously observed age differences in VSA and thus a hierarchical development of VSA. Additionally, we evaluated whether the selected tasks conform to the taxonomy of VSA by Newcombe and Shipley (2015) applying a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) approach. Our results indicated that the hierarchical development of VSA can be measured using MaGrid. Furthermore, the CFA substantiated the hypothesized factor structure of VSA in line with the dimensions proposed in the taxonomy of Newcombe and Shipley (2015). Taken together, the present results advance our knowledge to the (hierarchical) development as well as the latent structure of early VSA in kindergarten children.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00871/fullvisual-spatial abilities2 by 2 taxonomygeometrytablet-based approachMaGrid |
| spellingShingle | Stefanie Jung Stefanie Jung Anna Meinhardt Anna Meinhardt Anna Meinhardt David Braeuning David Braeuning David Braeuning Stephanie Roesch Véronique Cornu Tahereh Pazouki Christine Schiltz Jan Lonnemann Korbinian Moeller Korbinian Moeller Korbinian Moeller Korbinian Moeller Korbinian Moeller Hierarchical Development of Early Visual-Spatial Abilities – A Taxonomy Based Assessment Using the MaGrid App Frontiers in Psychology visual-spatial abilities 2 by 2 taxonomy geometry tablet-based approach MaGrid |
| title | Hierarchical Development of Early Visual-Spatial Abilities – A Taxonomy Based Assessment Using the MaGrid App |
| title_full | Hierarchical Development of Early Visual-Spatial Abilities – A Taxonomy Based Assessment Using the MaGrid App |
| title_fullStr | Hierarchical Development of Early Visual-Spatial Abilities – A Taxonomy Based Assessment Using the MaGrid App |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hierarchical Development of Early Visual-Spatial Abilities – A Taxonomy Based Assessment Using the MaGrid App |
| title_short | Hierarchical Development of Early Visual-Spatial Abilities – A Taxonomy Based Assessment Using the MaGrid App |
| title_sort | hierarchical development of early visual spatial abilities a taxonomy based assessment using the magrid app |
| topic | visual-spatial abilities 2 by 2 taxonomy geometry tablet-based approach MaGrid |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00871/full |
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