The “Labyrinth” Technique as a Procedural Diagnostics of Mental Abilities in Primary School Pupils

A.A. Litvinyuk; I.V. Nesterenko-Kostenko

Psychological-Educational Studies
2010. Vol. 2, no. 4
ISSN: 2587-6139 (online)

The “Labyrinth” Technique as a Procedural Diagnostics of Mental Abilities in Primary School Pupils

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A.A. Litvinyuk, I.V. Nesterenko-Kostenko

Abstract

The article describes the procedural technique for studying the mental abilities of junior students, the author of which is A.A. Litvinyuk, formerly graduate student of V.V. Davydov and D.B. Elkonin. Currently, the technique is restored and is retested by I.V. Nesterenko-Kostenko in the SEI school № 1277. It involves the use of labyrinths presented in the different materials: figural (made of plastic), a labyrinth as a scheme and a labyrinth as a model. The technique sets the parameters for analysis of the orientation and exploratory activity as a major component of thinking development. The way a child solves the labyrinth tasks allows concluding on the predominance of a specific type of thinking: empirical or theoretical.

General Information

Keywords: labyrinth, procedural diagnostics, intellectual activity, figural labyrinth, a labyrinth-scheme.

Journal rubric: Psychology of Education

Article type: scientific article

Published 29.12.2010

For citation: Litvinyuk, A.A., Nesterenko-Kostenko, I.V. (2010). The “Labyrinth” Technique as a Procedural Diagnostics of Mental Abilities in Primary School Pupils. Psychological Science and Education psyedu.ru, 2(4), Article 8. (In Russ.). URL: https://psyjournals.ru/en/journals/psyedu/archive/2010_n4/Litvinuk_Nesterenko (viewed: 12.07.2025)

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

References

Davydov V.V. Deyatel'nostnaya teoriya myshleniya. M., 2005.
Zaporozhec A.V. Psihologicheskoe razvitie rebenka // Izbrannye psihologicheskie trudy: V 2 t. M., 1986.
El'konin D.B. Psihologiya igry. M., 1978.

Information About the Authors

Aleksandra A. Litvinyuk, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, L.N. Tolstoy Tula State Pedagogical University, Tula, Russian Federation, e-mail: ineskos@gmail.com

Irina V. Nesterenko-Kostenko, Candidate of Science (Economics), Senior Fellow, Research Institute of Innovative Strategies for General Education Development, Moscow, Russian Federation, e-mail: ineskos@gmail.com

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