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      Colour contribution to children's wayfinding in school environments

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      Author(s)
      Helvacioglu, E.
      Olgunturk, N.
      Date
      2011
      Source Title
      Optics & Laser Technology
      Print ISSN
      0030-3992
      Publisher
      Elsevier
      Volume
      43
      Issue
      2
      Pages
      410 - 419
      Language
      English
      Type
      Article
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      Abstract
      The purpose of this study was to explore the contribution of colour to children's wayfinding ability in school environments and to examine the differences between colours in terms of their remembrance and usability in route learning process. The experiment was conducted with three different sample groups for each of three experiment sets differentiated by their colour arrangement. The participants totalled 100 primary school children aged seven and eight years old. The study was conducted in four phases. In the first phase, the participants were tested for familiarity with the experiment site and also for colour vision deficiencies by using Ishihara's tests for colour-blindness. In the second phase, they were escorted on the experiment route by the tester one by one, from one starting point to one end point and were asked to lead the tester to the end point by the same route. In the third phase, they were asked to describe verbally the route. In the final phase, they were asked to remember the specific colours at their correct locations. It was found that colour has a significant effect on children's wayfinding performances in school environments. However, there were no differences between different colours in terms of their remembrances in route finding tasks. In addition, the correct identifications of specific colours and landmarks were dependent on their specific locations. Contrary to the literature, gender differences were not found to be significant in the accuracy of route learning performances.
      Keywords
      Wayfinding
      Colour
      School Environment
      Knowledge
      Scale
      Cognition
      Direction
      Memory
      Sex
      Age
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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/11857
      Published Version (Please cite this version)
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2009.06.012
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