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Ozaki, Kyoko; Yamamoto, Naoko; Kamii, Constance – Young Children, 2008
Preschool teachers use the domino effect--standing dominos on end in rows and pushing one over--to examine how play contributes to children's acquisition of knowledge. Using diagrams, photos, and vignettes of children between the ages of 3 and 5 years, the authors demonstrate how children at different stages of development use physical knowledge…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Preschool Teachers, Developmental Stages, Cognitive Development
Okazaki, Masakazu – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
If we consider the gap between mathematics at elementary and secondary levels, and the logical nature of the higher level, it is important that aspects of children's logical development in the latter grades in elementary school be clarified. We focused on 5th graders' learning "division with decimals" as it is known to be difficult to…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Grade 5, Elementary School Mathematics, Arithmetic
Williams, Richard L. – 1989
The Group Assessment of Logical Thinking (GALT) instrument has been widely used to gather cross-cultural data regarding the acquisition of logical thinking skills in adolescent children. This study of West German adolescents using the instrument adds further comparative data regarding the development of logical thinking skills. Additional data…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Foreign Countries