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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-1326-0286
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Young Children's Ideas about Measurement: What Does a Kindergarten Student Consider "Measuring" to Be?
MacDonald, Amy
Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, v18 n1 p3-7 2013
In this article Amy MacDonald asks us to reconsider the starting point for teaching measurement concepts. We are sure readers will enjoy looking at the drawings and reading of the implications for teachers of young children. We are certain that if you teach young children you will want to try the "Draw yourself measuring task".
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Young Children, Measurement, Mathematical Concepts, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Elementary School Mathematics, Freehand Drawing, Mathematical Logic
Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: https://primarystandards.aamt.edu.au/Journals
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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