Preschoolers' Intuitive Probabilistic Thinking during Outdoor Play

Autor/inn/en	Nikiforidou, Zoi; Jones, Jennie
Titel	Preschoolers' Intuitive Probabilistic Thinking during Outdoor Play
Quelle	In: Statistics Education Research Journal, 22 (2023) 2, Artikel 2 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1570-1824
Schlagwörter	Play; Preschool Children; Outdoor Education; Problem Solving; Probability; Teaching Methods; Thinking Skills; Ethnography; Preschool Teachers; Creative Activities; Risk; Safety; Intuition; Statistics Education; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Spiel; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Freiluftunterricht; Problemlösen; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Denkfähigkeit; Ethnografie; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Risiko; Sicherheit; Ausland
Abstract	Young children encounter uncertainty and challenges on a daily basis; through their intuitions, experiences and experimentation they construct knowledge, skills and dispositions towards probabilistic concepts. The aim of this exploratory ethnographic study is to identify how young children engage with probabilistic thinking and reasoning while playing outdoors. Twelve 3--4year-old children and two practitioners were observed during free and structured activities outdoors. Critical events, that reflect contexts of probability, chance and uncertainty, were identified for further analysis based on participants' linguistic interactions. Children's probabilistic thinking was mainly expressed in three instances: while solving problems, in creative play, and while considering risk and safety issues. These authentic understandings can become the basis for more instructional pedagogical sequences on probability in early years. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01