ABSTRACT

In recent years, there has been a rising awareness about the relevance of spatial ability and integrating spatial information into educational curricula. It is now considered essential to problem-solving and understanding a variety of natural and cultural phenomena. To analyze people’s global-scale cognitive map and which factors influence it, a short playful test was developed that allowed participants to estimate the real land area of certain countries, regions, and continents. These estimates are analyzed to define how accurately the size of countries and continents is perceived. The results show that country of residence does not significantly affect people’s spatial knowledge. However, gender, migration background, and familiarity with maps have a significant impact.

摘要

近年来，人们对空间能力的相关性以及将空间信息纳入教育课程的认识不断提高。现在认为解决问题和理解各种自然和文化现象至关重要。为了分析人们的全球认知图以及哪些因素会影响人们的认知图，我们开发了一个简短的有趣测试，让参与者可以估算某些国家，地区和大洲的真实土地面积。对这些估计值进行分析，以定义对国家和大洲的大小的感知程度。结果表明，居住国不会显着影响人们的空间知识。但是，性别，移民背景和对地图的熟悉程度会产生重大影响。