Child''s Conception of Geometry

Informationen zum Autor Jean Piaget, Barbel Inhelder, Alina Szeminska Klappentext This is Volume XIX of thirty-two in a series on Developmental Psychology. Originally published in 1960. There are certain problems of a general nature in regard to the development of spatial concepts in young children, the problem of spatial intuition as a whole is exceedingly complex, and this study discusses of a child's conception of geometry of measurement and metrical geometry. Zusammenfassung This is Volume XIX of thirty-two in a series on Developmental Psychology. Originally published in 1960. There are certain problems of a general nature in regard to the development of spatial concepts in young children, the problem of spatial intuition as a whole is exceedingly complex, and this study discusses of a child's conception of geometry of measurement and metrical geometry. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE INTRODUCTION I Change of Position II Spontaneous Measurement PART TWO CONSERVATION AND MEASUREMENT OF LENGTH III Reconstructing Relations of Distance IV Change of Position and the Conservation of Length V The Conservation and Measurement of Length VI Subdividing a Straight Line PART THREE RECTANGULAR COORDINATES, ANGLES AND CURVES VII Locating a Point in Two or Three Dimensional Space VIII Angular Measurement IX Two Problems of Geometrical Loci: the Straight Line and the Circle X Representation of Circles, Mechanical and Composite Curves PART FOUR AREAS AND SOLIDSXI The Conservation and Measurement of an Area and Subtracting Smaller Congruent Areas from Larger Congruent XII Subdivision of Areas and the Concept of Fractions XIII Doubling an Area or a Volume XIV The Conservation and Measurement of Volume PART FIVE CONCLUSIONS XV The Construction of Euclidean Space: Three Levels

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• Authors: Barbel Inhelder, Inhelder Barbel, Piaget, Jean Piaget, Jean & Inhelder Piaget, Jean & Inhelder Barbel & Szemin Piaget, Jean Inhelder Piaget, Alina Szeminska, Szeminska Alina
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.02.2013
• EAN: 9780415846417
• ISBN: 978-0-415-84641-7
• No. of pages: 420
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Child & developmental psychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Cognition and cognitive psychology