La naturaleza semiótica de los conocimientos numéricos: aportes al campo de la educación

Jimena Soledad Rodríguez; Eduard Martí; Analia Salsa

Authors

Jimena Soledad Rodríguez IRICE, CONICET.
Eduard Martí Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Barcelona.
Analia Salsa IRICE, CONICET.

Keywords:

number, quantity, semiotic systems, concrete materials

Abstract

In this article we argue that semiotic systems (gestural, linguistic, graphic signs) are not only different supporting tools of number but, as constitutive elements of our cognition, they act as nuclear organizers of number knowledge. First, we review the Piagetian and neonativist perspectives in order to reveal the subsidiary role that they give to semiotic components in the acquisition of number. Second, we identify and analyse the particularities and cognitive complexity of different kinds of number representations in order to, finally, provide a reflexion regarding the use of pictures and symbolic objects as concrete materials for mathematics teaching to young children.

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Author Biography

Analia Salsa, IRICE, CONICET.

Dra. en Psicología.

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