Progressive development of perception of the concept of a square by elementary school pupils
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| Year of publication | 2017 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | International Symposium Elementary Maths Teaching: Equity and diversity in elementary mathematics education |
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| Field | Pedagogy and education |
| Keywords | Development of geometric thinking; geometric concepts; cognitive process in geometry |
| Description | One of the first geometrical topics dealt with by children in early school or preschool education are geometric figures. Already before starting school attendance, children obtain basic information on geometric figures from the world around them. Some of this early information may be wrong and can have a negative impact on the child’s future understanding of geometric figures. In this contribution, there are shown outcomes of a study that dealt with ability of pupils to think about plane figures. Misconceptions in pupil´s concepts are also included. Further on, there is shown an activity which can develop children’s understanding the geometric concepts. |