Fostering Taiwanese Preschoolers' Understanding of the Addition-Subtraction Inverse Principle

Autor/inn/en	Lai, Meng-Lung; Baroody, Arthur J.; Johnson, Amanda R.
Titel	Fostering Taiwanese Preschoolers' Understanding of the Addition-Subtraction Inverse Principle
Quelle	In: Cognitive Development, 23 (2008) 1, S.216-235 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-2014
DOI	10.1016/j.cogdev.2007.06.002
Schlagwörter	Experimental Groups; Social Class; Intervention; Subtraction; Foreign Countries; Mathematical Concepts; Preschool Children; Control Groups; Mathematics Instruction; Arithmetic; Pretests Posttests; Instructional Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Subtraktion; Ausland; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Addition; Arithmetik; Arithmetikunterricht; Rechnen; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	The present research involved gauging preschoolers' learning potential for a key arithmetic concept, the addition-subtraction inverse principle (e.g., 2+1-1=2). Sixty 4- and 5-year-old Taiwanese children from two public preschools serving low- and middle-income families participated in the training experiment. Half were randomly assigned to an experimental group; half, to a control condition. Participants were tested for an understanding of inversion before and after intervention. One-third of the 5 year olds from both groups performed at the marginally or reliably successful levels before the intervention, and three quarters of them did so in the posttest. Only one of the 4 year olds was marginally successful before the intervention and 4 year olds in the experimental group somewhat benefited from the intervention. Significant social class effect were evident. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10