Young Children's Number Sense in Finland, Hong Kong and Singapore

Autor/inn/en	Aunio, Pirjo; Ee, Jessie; Lim, Swee Eng Audrey; Hautamaki, Jarkko; Van Luit, Johannes E. H.
Titel	Young Children's Number Sense in Finland, Hong Kong and Singapore
Quelle	In: International Journal of Early Years Education, 12 (2004) 3, S.195-216 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0966-9760
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Young Children; Number Concepts; Numeracy; Testing; Mathematics Skills; Comparative Analysis; Sex Differences; Age + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Frühe Kindheit; Number concept; Zahlbegriff; Rechenkompetenz; Testdurchführung; Testen; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Alter; Lebensalter
Abstract	This study examines young children's number sense in subjects from Finland (n =254), Hong Kong (n =246), and Singapore (n =130). Chinese, English and Finnish versions of the Early Numeracy Test (ENT; Van Luit et al., 1994) were used. Two highly correlated aspects of number sense were measured, one reflecting children's abilities to organize and compare quantities (i.e. relational skills), and the other pertaining to their ability to operate with number-word sequence (i.e. counting skills). The results showed significant age-related gain on the relational and counting scales. No gender or language differences were found. The children in Hong Kong and Singapore outperformed those in Finland in relational and counting tasks starting at the age of four years. The children in Singapore also had better relational and counting skills than those in Hong Kong. Differences in teaching were assumed to explain the findings. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10