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Drawing Development: Stages in the Representation of a Cube and a Cylinder
Author(s) -
Toomela Aaro
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8624.00083
Subject(s) - psychology , cube (algebra) , representation (politics) , development (topology) , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , cognitive science , geometry , mathematics , politics , political science , law , mathematical analysis
A new schema for defining developmental stages in the drawing of geometrical objects is proposed. In four studies, ( N = 917, 1851, 673, and 437, respectively) children and adults drew cubes and cylinders. The data demonstrate that the proposed stages appear in an invariant order: 2‐year‐old children almost always draw Scribbles; Single Units appear at the age of 3 years, Differentiated Figures at the age of 4 years, and Integrated Wholes after the age of 7 years.