The children who have made the squares of the theorem of Pythagoras out of pieces of coloured cardboard, will not look at the theorem, when it comes in geometry, as on a mere instrument of torture devised by the teachers; and the less so if they apply it as the carpenters do.
Kropotkin believes that hands-on learning experiences can transform children's perceptions of mathematical concepts.
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