Preschool children demonstrate behavioral knowledge of classification, one-to-one correspondence, and seriation during everyday free play with everyday materials¶

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q2 i? Observation of a dramatic-play episode revealed children's behavioral knowledge of seriation, classification, and one-to-one correspondence, at different stages for the two children. → Kirova 2002

Evidence¶

Kirova 2002¶

Kirova, Anna; Bhargava, Ambika. (2002). Learning To Guide Preschool Children's Mathematical Understanding: A Teacher's Professional Growth. Early Childhood Research & Practice. http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v4n1/kirova.html

q2 · i? · the article prints no effect size for this finding · qualitative · r2

Observational analysis of a play episode in which Rachel placed plates for each bear (one-to-one correspondence) and Tiffany rearranged spoons by bear size (double seriation). The teacher recognized "the different stages they had reached in the development of their knowledge of seriation."

"Laura's raised awareness of the mathematical context of the interaction between the two children helped her to recognize the different stages they had reached in the development of their knowledge of seriation."

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