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ERIC Number: EJ582599
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-8251
Young Children's Concepts of Shape.
Clements, Douglas H.; Swaminathan, Sudha; Hannibal, Mary Anne Zeitler; Sarama, Julie
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v30 n2 p192-212 Mar 1999
Investigates, by conducting individual clinical interviews of 97 children ages 3 to 6, the criteria preschool children use to distinguish members of a class of shapes from other figures, emphasizing identification and descriptions of shapes and reasons for these identifications. Concludes that young children initially form schemas on the basis of feature analysis of visual forms. Contains 30 references. (Author/ASK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Early Childhood Education, Geometric Constructions, Geometry, Learning Theories, Mathematics Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Shapes