Abstract

MACEDO, Lino de. The "Hanoi Tower" and the construction of knowledge. Psicol. USP [online]. 1991, vol.2, n.1-2, pp. 125-129. ISSN 1678-5177.

The article presents the illustration of the author and participants' experience on the psychopedagogy Laboratory under his coordination. The experience consists on the use of games for the analysis (theoretical and educational) of terms of significance for the knowledge process (with emphasis on the Portuguese Language or Mathematics learning problem). The example here presented refers to the game or puzzle "Hanoi Tower" and through it the author analyses some aspects considered by Piaget in his knowledge theory.

Keywords : Knowledge Theory; Cognitive processes; Educational psychology; Jean Piaget.

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