Semiotic systems, culture and early mathematical knowledge / Sistemas semióticos, cultura y conocimiento matemático temprano

MARTÍ, EDUARDO; SCHEUER, NORA

Estudios de Psicología / Studies in Psychology

Taylor & Francis

Lugar: Oxford; Año: 2015 vol. 36 p. 1 - 17

0210-9395

In this introduction to the issue Semiotic tools in early mathematicalknowledge, we offer a theoretical perspective that provides meaning tothe different contributions. We begin by reviewing three perspectives bearing an important influence on the study of mathematical development in childhood (the Piagetian, the information processing and the neonativist perspectives).Next, we underscore the need for developmental studies in this domainto consider the semiotic component, and hence the socio-cultural component, in depth. The contributions that form this volume ? a theoretical article, five papers and four short reports of empirical studies and a review of an instructional approach ? illustrate different ways of including the semiotic component in the study of children?s mathematical knowledge.