Transformations in the Manipulations and Productions Performed with Geometric Objects: An Early System of Logic in Young Children. Final Report.

Autor/inn/en	Forman, George E.; und weitere
Titel	Transformations in the Manipulations and Productions Performed with Geometric Objects: An Early System of Logic in Young Children. Final Report.
Quelle	(1975), (99 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Cognitive Development; Cognitive Processes; Early Childhood Education; Films; Geometric Concepts; Infants; Logical Thinking; Perceptual Motor Learning; Play; Preschool Children; Rating Scales; Research Methodology; Tables (Data) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kognitive Entwicklung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Film; Elementare Geometrie; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Perceptual-motor learning; Sensumotorisches Lernen; Wahrnehmungsschulung; Spiel; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Rating-Skala; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Tabelle
Abstract	The purpose of this research is to show that the logical formula for equivalence, (A=A; but is not A'), originates in the early manual actions of the young child. Having two hands that are bilaterally opposed and initially function in bilaterally symmetrical action might serve to structure the form of early sensori-motor experiences and this structured experience serves as the base of the logical operation of equivalence. Subjects were 66 children ranging in age from 7 to 32 months. Each child was presented six different clusters of five blocks each. Children were filmed at block play. Methodology and data obtained are discussed at length. In general the films revealed the gradual atemporalization of successive states and the dissociation of the logical from the contingent. The films also suggest that the physical constraints of material determine the early block structures, but block structures gradually are constrained more by rules of order than by rules of physical fit or physical balance. Appendices include the notation system used for rating the films, tables of frequency of unique action units and a frequency count of productions of the children. (MS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC