Building Statistical Literacy from the Ground Up: Playing with Blocks

Autor/in	Giebitz, Robert
Titel	Building Statistical Literacy from the Ground Up: Playing with Blocks
Quelle	(2016), (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Statistics; Play; Manipulative Materials; Young Children; Discovery Learning; Kindergarten; Early Childhood Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Statistik; Spiel; Hilfsmittel; Frühe Kindheit; Entdeckendes Lernen; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik
Abstract	This pilot project explored the extent to which a pre-literate child can identify and record basic statistical concepts of shape, spread, and center represented by blocks in the form of a frequency distribution. A simple apparatus consisting of a ruler, pencil, and set of blocks was designed to engage a child in playful exercises under the guidance of a tutor in which the child recorded measures of dispersion, central tendency, dot plots and boxplots. Measures were determined through direct observation, counting, and manipulation of blocks without computation. This pilot demonstrates that play with simple artifacts might contribute to building statistical literacy in children. The apparatus can be made locally at little or no cost. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01