Daniel Ness, Stephen J. Farenga

Knowledge under Construction

The Importance of Play in Developing Children's Spatial and Geometric Thinking

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Produktbeschreibung

Knowledge under Construction is the first to examine young children's spatial and scientific thinking through their architectural constructions with Legos¿ and blocks. The authors' coding system allows teachers and parents to observe and record children's cognitive behaviors related to spatial thinking. In challenging Piaget's thesis, the authors illuminate our conceptions of children's emergent knowledge of space and scientific inquiry, and provide new insight into alternative ways to measure cognitive abilities in children based through block play.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 592g
• ISBN-13: 9780742547889
• ISBN-10: 0742547884
• Artikelnr.: 22580299

Autorenporträt

By Daniel Ness and Stephen J. Farenga

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Spatial, Geometric, and Architectural Thinking: The Big Picture
Chapter 2 Developmental Perspectives on Spatial and Geometric Thinking
Chapter 3 Children as Architects: The Identification of Architectural
Principles Underlying Young Children's Geometric Constructions Chapter 4
Contextual Observation: The Assessment for Measuring Spatial, Geometric,
and Architectural Thinking of Young Children (SPAGAR) Chapter 5 Age,
Gender, Socioeconomic Status Factors in Spatial, Geometric, and
Architectural Thinking Chapter 6 Constructing Alone: Cases 1 and 2 Chapter
7 Constructing Interactively: Cases 3 and 4 Chapter 8 Beyond the Blocks:
Implementing Praxis