Young children's concept of shape : Van Hiele visualization level of geometric thinking

The purpose of this study was to determine the criteria used by Primary One and Primary Two children in Singapore to distinguish members of a class of shapes, namely circles, squares, triangles and rectangles. It also aimed to find out whether there was evidence of a prerecognitive level before the...

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Main Author: Ho, Siew Yin.
Other Authors: National Institute of Education
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14041
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to determine the criteria used by Primary One and Primary Two children in Singapore to distinguish members of a class of shapes, namely circles, squares, triangles and rectangles. It also aimed to find out whether there was evidence of a prerecognitive level before the van Hiele Level 0 (Visualization).