Çocukların okul ortamlarında yol bulma yetisine rengin katkısı

The purpose of this study is to explore the contribution of color to children?swayfinding ability in school environments and to examine the differencesbetween different colors in terms of their remembrance and usability in routelearning process. The experiment was conducted with three different samplegroups for the three different experiment sets that were differentiated by theircolor arrangement. The participants were a total of 100 primary schoolchildren aged 7-8 years-old. The study was conducted in five phases. Firstly,participants were tested for color vision deficiencies and familiarity with theexperiment site. Secondly, they were escorted on the experiment route bythe tester one by one, from starting point to the end point and were asked tolead the tester to the end point by the same route. Thirdly, they were askedto verbally describe the route. Fourthly, they were asked to recognize thespecific colors at their specific locations. Finally, they were asked to direct thelocation of the end point with their finger. It was found that color has asignificant effect on children?s wayfinding and pointing task performances inschool environments. However, there were not any differences betweendifferent colors in terms of their remembrances in route finding task. Inaddition, the correct identifications of specific colors and landmarks weredepending on their specific locations. Contrary to the literature, genderdifferences were not found in the accuracy of route learning and pointing taskperformances.Keywords: Wayfinding, Route Knowledge, Pointing Task, Color, SchoolEnvironment.