Making equal groups: the case of 12 little ducks

Anne Roche; Sarah Ferguson; Jill Cheeseman; Ann Downton

Making equal groups: the case of 12 little ducks

Anne Roche, Sarah Ferguson, Jill Cheeseman, Ann Downton

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Abstract

The authors explore young children's ability to visualise and make groups of objects before they had formally been introduced to multiplication and division. The results provide some valuable insights into students' early understandings of multiplicative ideas.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	31-34
Number of pages	4
Journal	Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
Volume	25
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - Dec 2020

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