A Study on the Macroscopic Time Concept of ELementary School Student (2) : Investigation on image of macroscopic time concept using symbolic distance effect

Abstract

In this study, elementary school students' macroscopic time image was investigated by symbolic distance effect. They were presented with pairs of pictures; a grand mother, a samurai(warrior), a primitive man, a dinosaur. They were instructed to choose the member which is older. Results are as follows. (1) All graders' reaction time to choose the older member varies inversely with the steps between their order. (2) The students' "samurai" images separate from their image of a grand mother in the second grade. (3) The half of all graders' "primitive man" images of do not separate from their image of a dinosaurs. (4) Elementary school students' macroscopic time images change in the middle grades.