The Role of Number Words in Preschoolers' Addition Concepts and Problem-Solving Procedures

Autor/inn/en	Patel, Pooja; Canobi, Katherine Helen
Titel	The Role of Number Words in Preschoolers' Addition Concepts and Problem-Solving Procedures
Quelle	In: Educational Psychology, 30 (2010) 2, S.107-124 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0144-3410
Schlagwörter	Numbers; Word Problems (Mathematics); Problem Solving; Number Concepts; Preschool Children; Preschool Evaluation; Concept Formation; Concept Teaching; Arithmetic; Numeracy; Foreign Countries; Task Analysis; Role Theory; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zahlenraum; Textaufgabe; Problemlösen; Number concept; Zahlbegriff; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Addition; Arithmetik; Arithmetikunterricht; Rechnen; Rechenkompetenz; Ausland; Aufgabenanalyse; Rollentheorie; Australien
Abstract	Preschoolers' conceptual understanding and procedural skills were examined so as to explore the role of number-words and concept-procedure interactions in their additional knowledge. Eighteen three- to four-year-olds and 24 four- to five-year-olds judged commutativity and associativity principles and solved two-term problems involving number words and unknown numbers. The older preschoolers outperformed younger preschoolers in judging concepts involving unknown numbers and children made more accurate commutativity than associativity judgements. Children with conceptual profiles indicating a strong understanding of concepts applied to unknown numbers were more accurate at solving number-word problems than those with a poor conceptual understanding. The findings suggest that an important mathematical development during the preschool years may be learning to appreciate addition concepts as general principles that apply when exact numbers are unknown. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10