Developing Navigational Skills with Young Children [microform] : Investigating Serial and Conceptual Approaches to the Teaching of Compass Skills. Sports Science Education Programme, Annual Report 1989/90.

Map and compass skills are a neglected aspect of the elementary school curriculum. Orienteering--a sport that involves running a prescribed course with the aid of map and compass--may provide an avenue for teaching these skills. This study taught orienteering to 148 10-year-old children and compared...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Corporate Author:	University of Liverpool
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1990.
Subjects:	British National Curriculum. Children. Comparative Analysis. Elementary Education. Foreign Countries. Geography. Grade 5. Map Skills. Mathematics Curriculum. Navigation. Outdoor Education. Sex Differences. Spatial Ability.