The Child's Conception of Number
Book • 1965
This book, first published in French in 1941 under the title 'La Genèse du Nombre chez l'Enfant,' presents a series of experiments conducted by Jean Piaget and his team to investigate the genesis of the notion of number in children's minds.
The research is based on the hypothesis that the construction of number is closely related to the development of logic.
The experiments focus on children's abilities to grasp concepts such as conservation of quantity and number, coordination of corresponding sets, and the cardinal and ordinal aspects of numbers.
Piaget concludes that number is organized in stages, connected with the development of systems of inclusions and asymmetrical relations, leading to an operational synthesis of classification and seriation.
The research is based on the hypothesis that the construction of number is closely related to the development of logic.
The experiments focus on children's abilities to grasp concepts such as conservation of quantity and number, coordination of corresponding sets, and the cardinal and ordinal aspects of numbers.
Piaget concludes that number is organized in stages, connected with the development of systems of inclusions and asymmetrical relations, leading to an operational synthesis of classification and seriation.
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