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Map Reading Comprehension

Map Reading Comprehension is a cognitive task within geospatial literacy that involves interpreting and extracting meaningful thematic patterns, spatial relationships, and attribute data from choropleth maps through visual decoding and contextual reasoning.

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197

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83

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Spatial mental models derived from survey and route descriptions

Holly A. Taylor, Barbara Tversky · Journal of Memory and Language · 1992 · 544 citations

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Visual Semiotics & Uncertainty Visualization: An Empirical Study

Alan M. MacEachren, Robert E. Roth, Jamie O’Brien et al. · IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics · 2012 · 273 citations

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Developmental Changes in Map-Reading Skills

N. Alexandra Bluestein, Linda P. Acredolo · Child Development · 1979 · 153 citations

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A Comparison of Animated Maps with Static Small-Multiple Maps for Visually Identifying Space-Time Clusters

Amy L. Griffin, Alan M. MacEachren, Frank Hardisty et al. · Annals of the Association of American Geographers · 2006 · 127 citations

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Why Some Students Have Trouble with Maps and Other Spatial Representations

Toru Ishikawa, Kim A. Kastens · Journal of Geoscience Education · 2005 · 107 citations

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Authors

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  1. WA
    William A. Stock

    Arizona State University, United States

    4 publications · 151 citations

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  2. RW
    Raymond W. Kulhavy

    Arizona State University, United States

    4 publications · 194 citations

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  3. KA
    Kim A. Kastens

    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, United States

    3 publications · 175 citations

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  4. CC
    Clark C. Presson

    Arizona State University, United States

    2 publications · 136 citations

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  5. GS
    Glenn Smith

    University of South Florida, United States

    2 publications · 24 citations

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Institutions

83

  1. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    460 citations

  2. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    764 citations

  3. University of South Carolina

    Columbia, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    211 citations

  4. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

    Sparkill, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    282 citations

  5. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    360 citations

  6. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    229 citations

  7. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    50 citations

  8. Grand Canyon University

    Phoenix, United States

    2 h-index

    9 publications

    126 citations

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  1. The Cartographic Journal

    10 publications · 259 citations

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  2. Journal of Geography

    7 publications · 148 citations

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  3. The American Cartographer

    4 publications · 104 citations

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  5. Journal of Geoscience Education

    JGE · 4 publications · 212 citations

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