ABSTRACT

This book was first published in 1967. This volume presents two areas of Piaget's work on the child's conception of Geometry and then also to Space which were initially published in 1948. It acts as an introduction to Piaget's work in the hope of rousing the interest of teachers with the aim of helping children to learn mathematics by helping them to understand how children form mathematical ideas.

chapter

Introduction

part One|9 pages

Introduction

chapter I|3 pages

Change of position

chapter II|4 pages

Spontaneous measurement

part Two|16 pages

Conservation and measurement of length

chapter III|5 pages

Reconstructing relations of distance

chapter V|4 pages

Conservation and measurement of length

chapter VI|2 pages

Subdividing a straight line

part Three|20 pages

Rectangular co-ordinates, angles and curves

part Five|3 pages

Conclusions

chapter

Introduction *

part Two

Projective space