Abstract
The purpose of the study is to investigate a second-grade child’s concept of spatial orientation. Shou-Hao (pseudo name) was interviewed 12 times via the method of a teaching interview. The researcher explored how Shou-Hao developed his concept of spatial orientation.
Analysis of collected data revealed that he was able to illustrate strong spatial orientation skills in the following ways:
- Pointing out a direction in terms of the character of the observer or the object being observed.
- Pointing out the relative direction between two objects by locating himself to difference reference points.
- Using a sensory-measurement method to compare the difference between two distances and then measuring it by taking two basic units.
- Creating multi-measurement units.
- Considering distance as the length of a path from one moving object to another.
- Verifying position through the direction, distance, or length.
- Representing a region by left/right and front/back sides.
| Keywords: | spatial orientation concept; teaching interview |
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