ERIC Number: EJ896922
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Sep
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Kindergarten Mathematics with "Pepe the Rabbit": How Kindergartners Use Auxiliary Means to Solve Problems
Skoumpourdi, Chrysanthi
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, v18 n3 p149-157 Sep 2010
The aim of this paper is to investigate the role that auxiliary means (manipulatives such as cubes and representations such as number line) play for kindergartners in working out mathematical tasks. Our assumption was that manipulatives such as cubes would be used by kindergartners easily and successfully whereas the number line would be used by kindergartners rarely and usually unsuccessfully. Through analysis of the 20 children's (5-years-old) answers which concerned the number sequence as well as simple addition and subtraction problems it appears that although the children mostly used cubes they did not always use them systematically or successfully. The effective use of the number line was limited to defining the number sequence. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Arithmetic, Learning Strategies, Teaching Methods, Manipulative Materials, Number Concepts, Number Systems, Kindergarten, Mathematical Formulas
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Kindergarten
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Language: English
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