Map-Puzzle Application for the Evaluation of Children’s Spatial Knowledge

Pyoung Woo Yang; Hyun Gu Cho; Jeong Hye Han   and Kwang Woo Nam

doi:10.17485/ijst/2015/v8iS5/61603

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Map-Puzzle Application for the Evaluation of Children’s Spatial Knowledge

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2015/v8iS5/61603

Year: 2015, Volume: 8, Issue: Supplementary 5, Pages: 1-4

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Map-Puzzle Application for the Evaluation of Children’s Spatial Knowledge

Pyoung-Woo Yang¹ , Hyun Gu Cho² , Jeong Hye Han^3* and Kwang Woo Nam⁴

¹Department of Computer Information Engineering, Kunsan National University, Gunsan-si, 573-701, Republic of Korea
²Department of Computer Information Engineering, Kunsan National University, Gunsan-si, 573-701, Republic of Korea
³ Department of Computer Education, Cheongju National University of Education, Cheongju-si, 361-712, Republic of Korea; [email protected]
⁴ Department of Computer Information Engineering, Kunsan National University, Gunsan-si, 573-701, Republic of Korea; [email protected]

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Abstract

This paper proposes a model for geographic jigsaw-puzzle for identifying and supporting spatial knowledge in young children. We implemented this application on the android platform for convenient with an easy usage in educational purposes. This geographic puzzle application which is runnable in android smart phones and tablets is usable for educating and evaluating children’s location and spatial knowledge.
Keywords: Geographic Education, Jigsaw Puzzle, Spatial Intelligence