TY - JOUR
T1 - Only two more sleeps until the school holidays
T2 - One child's home experiences of measurement.
AU - Lange, Troels
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: month (773h) = March 2011; Journal title (773t) = For the Learning of Mathematics: an international journal of mathematics education. ISSNs: 0228-0671;
PY - 2011/3
Y1 - 2011/3
N2 - Children bring a wealth of mathematical knowledge from home to school. This paper describes one six/seven year old girl's home interactions over 20 weeks about measurable quantities. Almost all measurement discussions occurred when actions were not straight-forward. Consequently the measurement attributes usually used to introduce measurement at school, such as length, were rarely discussed because actions associated with them could be done without discussion. Time was discussed more often than any other attributes. Although time is considered difficult to learn because of its abstract nature, it may in fact be an easier concept for introducing ideas of iteration.
AB - Children bring a wealth of mathematical knowledge from home to school. This paper describes one six/seven year old girl's home interactions over 20 weeks about measurable quantities. Almost all measurement discussions occurred when actions were not straight-forward. Consequently the measurement attributes usually used to introduce measurement at school, such as length, were rarely discussed because actions associated with them could be done without discussion. Time was discussed more often than any other attributes. Although time is considered difficult to learn because of its abstract nature, it may in fact be an easier concept for introducing ideas of iteration.
M3 - Article
SN - 0228-0671
VL - 31
SP - 31
EP - 36
JO - For the Learning of Mathematics
JF - For the Learning of Mathematics
IS - 1
ER -