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THE GROWTH OF THE SCHEMA OF PROPORTIONALITY
Author(s) -
PUMFREY PETER
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1968.tb02008.x
Subject(s) - psychology , schema (genetic algorithms) , developmental psychology , proportionality (law) , piaget's theory of cognitive development , cognitive development , epistemology , cognition , philosophy , political science , computer science , law , information retrieval , neuroscience
S ummary . The development of the understanding of proportion by children of average ability aged from 5 to 15 years, was investigated using a modification of Piaget's clinical method. This facilitated an analysis of the strategies employed by the subjects in three problem situations involving proportional relations. The results suggest that an introduction to the understanding of proportion can profitably be made before the secondary stage of education, provided that the content and structure of the materials used are related to the strategies available to the child.