Most early childhood curricula include concrete pedagogical activities fostering spatial skills¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Most of the analyzed curricula included concrete pedagogical activities fostering spatial skills. → Bobrowicz 2026

Evidence¶

Bobrowicz 2026¶

Bobrowicz, Katarzyna; Mendes, Angélica. (2026). Spatial skills in early childhood education. Learning and Instruction, 103, 102308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2025.102308

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Result from the thematic coding of the 81 curricular-guideline documents: "most curricula included concrete pedagogical activities fostering spatial skills." No proportion or effect size is printed in the available text.

"Finally, most curricula included concrete pedagogical activities fostering spatial skills."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Nearly all of fifty-two countries' early childhood curricula mention diverse spatial skills — related
• Spatial-skills representation in early childhood curricula is widespread in both Global North and Global South — a broader claim this one bears on
• Extent of spatial-skills representation does not vary by curricular age level — related
• Curricula recognize development and malleability of spatial skills but not sociodemographic diversity — related