It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of logical knowledge, mathematical knowledge, physical knowledge, and so forth.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Children provide the best opportunity to study how logical and mathematical knowledge develops. Their growth reveals the formation of these skills.
- In plain terms
- Studying children reveals how logical and mathematical knowledge develops.
- What can you take from it?
- Use child development to understand the origins of logical knowledge.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What can children teach us about logic?
- How does math knowledge form?
Another view
It overlooks adult learning differences and other valid research subjects.
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