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The role of the conceptual metaphor in the development of children’s arithmetic

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posted on 2023-05-23, 13:06 authored by Carol MurphyCarol Murphy
This paper explores the relationship between the perceptual and the conceptual in the development of children’s informal arithmetic. It compares two major theoriesPiagetian abstraction and embodied learning – in order to clarify the building of abstract ideas from perceptual, sensory experiences. The arithmetic principles of commutativity and associativity are examined within these two theories. The theory of embodied learning and the conceptual metaphor is considered as a lens for examining children’s informal, intuitive arithmetical knowledge

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Publication title

Proceedings of the Fifth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education

Editors

D Pitta – Pantazi, G Philippou

Pagination

151-160

ISBN

978-9963-671-25-0

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

European Research in Mathematics Education

Place of publication

Germany

Event title

The Fifth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education

Event Venue

Larnaca, Cyprus

Date of Event (Start Date)

2007-02-22

Date of Event (End Date)

2007-02-26

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Copyright 2007 the Author

Repository Status

  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

Learner and learning not elsewhere classified

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