Abstract
Children’s subitizing of equal group structures and the enumeration the composite units was the subject of this study. The results were obtained from a small sample of Australian children (n=7) in their first year of school (mean age 5 years 6 months). The children were those who seemed to have emerging recognition of the structured equal groups. One-to-one interviews were designed to investigate what children instantly saw in arrangements of dots clustered in small equal-sized collections organised as multiple groups. Findings indicate that there seems to be a transition to conceptual subitizing that may well apply to multiplicative thinking. The findings warrant further investigation.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Broadening Experiences in Elementary School Mathematics |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the International Symposium Elementary Mathematics Teaching 2021 |
Editors | Jarmila Novotná, Hana Moraová |
Place of Publication | Prague Czech Republic |
Publisher | Charles University in Prague |
Pages | 147-157 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9788076032606 |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2021 |
Keywords
- early years
- subitising
- intuitive models
- multiplicative thinking