Learning mathematics through games in primary school: an applicative path
Journal Title: Edutainment - Year 2016, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
In this work interesting results of current research about the importance of games use for learning mathematics in primary school are introduced. This process constitutes a meaningful basis for connecting the happy experience of game with the natural intuitive and scholastic mathematics during the primary school period. The application of such techniques finds a natural place in the mathematics laboratory, where children have the opportunity to live a practical approach for better understanding and using the formal one. Through games it is possible to help the crossing from early elementary operational levels to a more advanced forms of thought. In conclusion examples of games involving mathematics for all years of primary school will be also given.
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Paolo Di Sia
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- DOI 10.15503/edut.2016.1.127.133
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