Abstract
This study examined development of construction of drawing in young children from the perspectives of spatial cognition and switching of reaction. Twenty 4-year-olds, 22 5-year-olds and 21 6-year-olds were participated in the next three tasks: drawing task, spatial cognitive task, and switching task. The main findings were as follows: (1) In the drawing task, noncanonical drawing increased from 5-year-olds to 6-year-olds. (2) For both spatial cognitive task and switching task, the scores increased with age. (3) The scores of spatial cognition and switching in noncanonical drawing group were higher than that of canonical drawing group. These results suggested that both of spatial cognition and switching were related to the development of construction of drawing in young children.
