Malleability of spatial skills: bridging developmental psychology and toy design for joyful STEAM development

Çİ İleri, M Erşan, D Kalaça, A Coşkun… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Previous research has established that advances in spatial cognition predict STEAM
success, and construction toys provide ample opportunities to foster spatial cognition …

An exploration of robot programming as a foundation for spatial reasoning and computational thinking in preschoolers' guided play

IR Berson, MJ Berson, C McKinnon, D Aradhya… - Early Childhood …, 2023 - Elsevier
Early evidence suggests that robot programming offers an important foundation for spatial
reasoning and computational thinking; however, researchers have debated how to introduce …

[HTML][HTML] Limited sex differences in spatial language in parent-child dyads

EK Farran, E Fink, C Hughes, KA Gilligan-Lee… - Learning and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Background There is a complex pattern of sex differences in spatial abilities, yet there is
limited knowledge of sex differences in children's exposure to, and children's use of, spatial …

The importance of spatial language for early numerical development in preschool: Going beyond verbal number skills

C Georges, V Cornu, C Schiltz - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Recent evidence suggests that spatial language in preschool positively affects the
development of verbal number skills, as indexed by aggregated performances on counting …

Late sign language exposure does not modulate the relation between spatial language and spatial memory in deaf children and adults

DZ Karadöller, B Sümer, E Ünal, A Özyürek - Memory & Cognition, 2023 - Springer
Prior work with hearing children acquiring a spoken language as their first language shows
that spatial language and cognition are related systems and spatial language use predicts …

Spatial thinking in term and preterm-born preschoolers: relations to parent–child speech and gesture

S Clingan-Siverly, PM Nelson, T Göksun… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Spatial skills predict important life outcomes, such as mathematical achievement or entrance
into Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Children …

Linking parents' play strategies with their preschoolers' STEM skills: The mediating roles of child STEM talk and self-regulated learning

MD Mannweiler, KL Bierman, LS Liben - Journal of experimental child …, 2025 - Elsevier
Previous studies document associations between parents' use of guided-play strategies and
children's STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) skills. We extend existing …

Sources of variation in preschoolers' relational reasoning: The interaction between language use and working memory

ŞC Esmer, E Turan, DZ Karadöller, T Göksun - Journal of Experimental …, 2025 - Elsevier
Previous research has suggested the importance of relational language and working
memory in children's relational reasoning. The tendency to use language (eg, using more …

Contributions of numeral knowledge, spatial reasoning, and numerical map** to first graders' arithmetic and geometric skills

Y Otálora, H Taborda-Osorio - Cognitive Development, 2025 - Elsevier
The present study examined the contributions of numeral knowledge, spatial reasoning, and
map** skills to children's arithmetic and geometric reasoning. Different measures of …

Aligning indoor human route descriptions to facilitate the use of crowdsourced indoor navigation systems

Z Zhan, H Huang, S Winter… - Spatial Cognition & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Crowdsourced indoor route descriptions are increasingly used to provide user-friendly
navigation services at low cost. In this study, we propose an approach for aligning indoor …