A Study on Children’s Cognitive Structure of Trees Landscape by Using the Text Mining Approach

Abstract

We have focused on children’s cognitive structure of trees landscape. Therefore, in order to clarify their cognitive structure, the “Favorite Trees Landscape” painting contest was conducted on the primary and junior high school pupils. In the contest, the reasons for choosing trees as subject of painting were written in about 100 characters. This description contents were quantitatively analyzed by text mining, and discussed. The results obtained are as follows: (1) Children have pointed out the diverse perspectives field and visual objectives. (2) The range of activity along with their growth is spread, they are aware of as the trees in the landscape. (3) The text mining is useful for trees landscape study.