Abstract
This paper explores the development of young children's understandings about measurement, and the ways in which children represent these understandings. This paper presents a selection of data gathered during a three-year study that examined young children's engagements with measurement in prior-to-school and out-of-school contexts. In this present investigation, children's representations in the form of drawings and narratives are analysed in relation to a framework of emergent measurement. Initially, this paper considers the understandings about measurement which children are demonstrating in alignment with the framework, before offering a selection of data which represents a disruption to the framework and contests existing ideas about young children's measurement understandings.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 23rd Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT) Biennial Conference and the 34th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia |
Subtitle of host publication | Mathematics: Traditions and [New] Practices |
Editors | Julie Clark, Barry Kissane, Judith Mousley, Toby Spencer, Steve Thornton |
Place of Publication | Adelaide |
Publisher | Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia |
Pages | 482-490 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781875900695 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781875900701 |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Event | 23rd AAMT Biennial Conference and the 34th Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) Conference - Alice Springs Convention Centre, Alice Springs, Australia Duration: 03 Jul 2011 → 07 Jul 2011 https://www.merga.net.au/Public/Public/Publications/Annual_Conference_Proceedings/2011_MERGA_CP.aspx (Conference proceedings) |
Conference
Conference | 23rd AAMT Biennial Conference and the 34th Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) Conference |
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Abbreviated title | Mathematics: Traditions and [New] Practices |
Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Alice Springs |
Period | 03/07/11 → 07/07/11 |
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