![]() The researchers believe this is relevant because representational understanding develops in children at the same time as being able to view an image and understand what it is about.ĭr Doherty said, ‘This is the first investigation of how children do jigsaw puzzles, and we were particularly interested in how they use their understanding of pictures to complete them. The children were also tested on their level of representational understanding, including how well they understood other people’s beliefs. ![]() Half of this group were given a picture guide showing what the completed image should look like.Īnother group of children were given a jigsaw puzzle with a piece missing, and different options to fill the gap. Some of the children worked on traditional jigsaw puzzles with a picture, jigsaws with no picture, and picture-based puzzles made up of equal-sized rectangular pieces. The team, which includes researchers from the Universities of Edinburgh Napier, West of Scotland and Warwick, worked with 169 children aged between three and five, to see how they put together different types of puzzles at different ages. ![]() Jigsaws require assembly of a picture, so if children understand how pictures work then they should be better at jigsaw puzzles.’ ‘We were interested in children's understanding of pictures as representations. ![]() Surprisingly, there's virtually no research on this, despite the common assumption these are good educational toys. Lead researcher Dr Martin Doherty, from UEA’s School of Psychology, said, ‘We looked at children’s ability to do jigsaw puzzles. Researchers say that the development advancements that children around the age of four display when completing jigsaw puzzles are the ‘foundation’ for future drawing and painting skills. Three year-olds, however, use trial and error to put the pieces together. The study, which looked at the cognitive processes that underlie jigsaw puzzle completion, found that the average child is able to use the visual cues from the puzzle pieces and the box display to complete the puzzle at around the age of four. ![]() According to researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA), who led the study, children only fully understand how to complete jigsaw puzzles when they have reached a certain stage of development. ![]()
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