Tour of a Map Reader's Brain, Part 5: Patterns, Symmetries, Sequences, and Hierarchies
In: Geography Teacher, Jg. 21 (2024), Heft 1, S. 9-15
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The focus in this article is on the usefulness of spatial sequencing as a tactic for interpreting a map and organizing our memory of it. This skill is useful whenever some condition varies in a systematic way with distance. When students are asked whether they see a pattern on a map of a topic like wildfires or terrorist activity, some students can answer "yes" while using a different brain network and perceiving something very different from what the teacher thinks is "the" pattern. Unless a geographic pattern is quite simple and the map is well designed, human eyes may not perceive the pattern all at once. Map readers have to assemble a mental image of the pattern while their eyes jump around the page. This interaction of time and space can introduce distortions in perception. Part of becoming a good map reader, therefore, is learning how to guide your eyes to pick out patterns on maps.
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Tour of a Map Reader's Brain, Part 5: Patterns, Symmetries, Sequences, and Hierarchies
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Gersmehl, Phil |
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Zeitschrift: | Geography Teacher, Jg. 21 (2024), Heft 1, S. 9-15 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2024 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1933-8341 (print) ; 1752-6884 (electronic) |
DOI: | 10.1080/19338341.2024.2317885 |
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