ABSTRACT

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.

part One|66 pages

Introduction

chapter One|24 pages

Change of Position 1

chapter Two|40 pages

Spontaneous Measurement 1

part Two|83 pages

Conservation and Measurement of Length

chapter Three|21 pages

Reconstructing Relations of Distance

chapter Five|24 pages

The Conservation and Measurement of Length 1

chapter Six|22 pages

Subdividing a Straight Line 1

part Three|107 pages

Rectangular Coordinates, Angles and Curves

part Four|127 pages

Areas and Solids

part Five|22 pages

Conclusions

chapter Fifteen|20 pages

The Construction of Euclidean Space: Three Levels