Autor(es):
Mamede, Ema 
; Silva, Amália
Data: 2012
Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/22243
Origem: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
Assunto(s): Partitive division; Kindergarten mathematics
Detalhes do Documento
Exploring partitive division with young children
Descrição
This paper focuses on a study with 4- and 5-year-olds children understanding of partitive division when discrete quantities are involved. The study analyse how young children understand the inverse divisor-quotient relationship when the dividend is the same. The participants were 30 kindergarten children from Braga, Portugal. Individual interviews were conducted when solving tasks involving the division of 12 and 24 discrete quantities by 2, 3 and 4 recipients. Results showed that 4- and 5-year-olds children have some ideas of division, can estimate for the quotient when the divisor varies and the dividend is constant, and can justify their answers. Educational implications of these results are discussed for kindergarten activities.
This paper focuses on a study with 4- and 5-year-olds children understanding of partitive division when discrete quantities are involved. The study analyse how young children understand the inverse divisor-quotient relationship when the dividend is the same. The participants were 30 kindergarten children from Braga, Portugal. Individual interviews were conducted when solving tasks involving the division of 12 and 24 discrete quantities by 2, 3 and 4 recipients. Results showed that 4- and 5-year-olds children have some ideas of division, can estimate for the quotient when the divisor varies and the dividend is constant, and can justify their answers. Educational implications of these results are discussed for kindergarten activities.
Tipo de Documento
Parte ou capítulo de livro
Idioma Inglês
Idioma Inglês
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