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The use of a colouring task to elucidate children's drawings of a solid cube
Author(s) -
Moore Vanessa
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
british journal of developmental psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.062
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 2044-835X
pISSN - 0261-510X
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-835x.1986.tb01028.x
Subject(s) - object (grammar) , task (project management) , psychology , perspective (graphical) , technical drawing , cube (algebra) , face (sociological concept) , line drawings , visual arts , engineering drawing , artificial intelligence , linguistics , computer science , art , mathematics , philosophy , management , combinatorics , engineering , economics
Previous accounts of young children's drawings of solid objects have relied on an inspection of finished drawings from an adult perspective. In this study, an attempt was made to determine the child's intention in making an outline drawing through the use of a subsequent colouring task, in which each colour used identified a particular segment of the object drawn (a cube). It was found that 7‐year‐olds included more hidden faces of the object in their drawings than 9‐year‐olds, but that the spatial location of faces in relation to each other was accurately preserved in the drawings of children of both ages. Although outline drawings comprising a single face produced by children in the two age groups looked identical on inspection, the younger children apparently intended such drawings to represent the whole object. Whilst none of the children produced technically perfect drawings of a cube seen in depth, their drawings nevertheless served as good communications about the nature of the object drawn.