This study addresses the possibility of using Landscape Montage Technique(LMT) as an instrument to
discriminate and assess elementary school students' cognitive development levels. Subjects comprised 276
(141 males and 135 females) elementary school students from grade 1 to 6 in Daegu and Kyungbuk.
Measurements are LMT and Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices(SPM), and they were conducted
from October to December 2012. This study established 11 interpretation criteria, which consisted of 7
composition indices and 4 color indices. Data analysis was performed using cross tabulation. The results
are as follows. First, the indices for connection to items, omission of items, and number of colors show a
significant difference for gender. The female students' LMT paintings have more connection to items, less
omission of items, and use more number of colors than male students' LMT paintings. Second, the indices
for integration, spatial expression, connection to items, color fit, coloring effort, number of colors, and mixed
colors show a significant difference by grade level. All indices were at the most highest degree in the sixth
grade. Third, all indices show a significant difference in the cognitive development levels. That is, the
higher the levels are, the higher degree of integration, spatial expression, perspective, reality of figures,
connection to items, omission of items, fence, color fit, coloring effort, number of colors, and mixed colors.
In conclusion, this study found that LMT can be a useful tool to discriminate and assess elementary school
students' cognitive development levels.