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Case Studies of Children's Development of Structure in Early Mathematics [electronic resource] : A Two-Year Longitudinal Study / Joanne Mulligan, Michael Mitchelmore and Anne Prescott.

Two-year longitudinal case studies of 16 Sydney children extended a study of 103 first graders' use of structure across a range of mathematical tasks. We describe how individual's representations change through five stages of structural development. Children at the pre-structural stage sho...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author: Mulligan, Joanne
Other Authors: Mitchelmore, Michael, Prescott, Anne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2005.
Subjects:
Grade 1.
Case Studies.
Longitudinal Studies.
Child Development.
Mathematics Achievement.
Mathematical Concepts.
Models.
Foreign Countries.
Interviews.
High Achievement.
Low Achievement.
Spatial Ability.
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Summary:Two-year longitudinal case studies of 16 Sydney children extended a study of 103 first graders' use of structure across a range of mathematical tasks. We describe how individual's representations change through five stages of structural development. Children at the pre-structural stage showed inconsistent development presenting disorganised representations and incoherent mathematical ideas. High achievers progressed to a more advanced stage of structural development depicted by an increased level of abstraction. (Contains 1 table and 4 figures.) [For complete proceedings, see ED496851.]
Item Description:Availability: International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. 35 Aandwind Street, Kirstenhof, Cape Town, 7945, South Africa. Tel: +27-21-715-3559; Fax: +27-88-021-715-3559; e-mail: info@igpme.org; Web site: http://igpme.org.
Abstractor: Author.
Educational level discussed: Grade 1.
Physical Description:8 pages.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:Text (Reports, Research)
Text (Speeches/Meeting Papers)
Preferred Citation of Described Materials Note:International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (29th, Melbourne, Australia, Jul 10-15, 2005), v4 p1-8.

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