Seguin,whowasItard'sfollower, (e.g.,quietsound/loudsound;lighttouch/heavytouch;dimlight/brightlight;andsoon),andthenlaterproducingsensationsthatwerecloserandclosertoeachother (Seguin,1907).Seguinwasconsideredtobeuniquelysuccessfulindevelopingtheretardedchildren'scapabilitiestodealwiththeworldaroundthem (Marton ＆ Signert,2005).
ThetrainingofthesenseswasacentralelementinthepedagogythatMontessoridevelopedforchildrenwithoutspecifichandicaps (asdescribedbySignert,2005).,:
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,asinSet1,butthetallestcylinderhasthesmallestdiameterandtheshortestcylinderhasthelargestdiameter.
.Eachcylinderis0.5cmlargerorsmallerthanthenextone.
Set4.Cylindersvaryinginheightby0.5cmperstep,allhavingthesamediameter.
Noticingsystematicdifferencesofthiskindandsolvingproblemsbynoticingsuchdifferencesfrequentlycapturesyoungchildren'sintenseanduncharacteristicallysustainedattention,asillustratedbyMontessori'sownexamples (see,forinstance,Montessori,1917/1965).
IMPLICATIONS
TransferasaFunctionofDifferences (andSameness)
