An Investigation in the Learning of Relational Properties by Kindergarten Children.

Autor/inn/en	Steffe, Leslie P.; Carey, Russell L.
Titel	An Investigation in the Learning of Relational Properties by Kindergarten Children.
Quelle	(1972), (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
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Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Concept Formation; Conservation (Concept); Elementary School Mathematics; Instruction; Kindergarten Children; Learning; Logic; Relationship; Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Konservierung; Elementare Mathematik; Schulmathematik; Teaching process; Unterrichtsprozess; Lernen; Logik; Wechselbeziehung; Forschung
Abstract	The goal of this study was to investigate improvement in the usage of equivalence and order relations under specified instructional conditions. Forty-eight upper middle class kindergarten children were given a 14-session pretreatment designed to define two equivalence and four order relations of length and matching, followed by tests of conservation and transitivity. On the basis of the transitivity test scores, the children were then assigned by matched pairs to two treatments: a Classification Treatment in which an object was considered as representing a collection of like objects, and a Standard Treatment in which no such assumption was made. Posttests of conservation, transitivity, and use of the asymmetric property were then given. Analysis by sign test and contingency tables showed that both treatments were effective but not significantly different. No evidence was found that acquisition of matching relations preceded acquisition of length relations. Also, possession of transitivity appeared unstable and unrelated to conservation. (MM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01