Children's understanding of length measurement using a ruler in preschool and primary education: a cross-national longitudinal study

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Autor(a) principal: Gómezescobar, Ariadna
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Rodrigues, Margarida, Fernández-Cézar, Raquel
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/15792
Resumo: Measuring length is a practice of everyday life and a mathematical principle shared across cultures. A cross-national and longitudinal study was designed to analyse the evolution of the strategies used by Spanish and Portuguese preschoolers and 1st graders when measuring length. The instruments were rulers designed to discriminate between the strategies demonstrated by young children in previous research, taking as variables the number of correct measurements and the strategy used to measure, and country as a covariate. Neither country nor age influenced correct measurements while the ruler used affected the strategy developed by the children. No significant differences were found in the strategies used from preschool to 1st grade, except for the ruler with numbered units and marks. Considering the sequence of sophistication of the strategies, our results reinforce the scaffolding role of discrete units for the understanding of length measurement towards the use of the standard ruler.
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spelling Children's understanding of length measurement using a ruler in preschool and primary education: a cross-national longitudinal studyLengthMeasurementRulerPreschoolPrimary educationMeasuring length is a practice of everyday life and a mathematical principle shared across cultures. A cross-national and longitudinal study was designed to analyse the evolution of the strategies used by Spanish and Portuguese preschoolers and 1st graders when measuring length. The instruments were rulers designed to discriminate between the strategies demonstrated by young children in previous research, taking as variables the number of correct measurements and the strategy used to measure, and country as a covariate. Neither country nor age influenced correct measurements while the ruler used affected the strategy developed by the children. No significant differences were found in the strategies used from preschool to 1st grade, except for the ruler with numbered units and marks. Considering the sequence of sophistication of the strategies, our results reinforce the scaffolding role of discrete units for the understanding of length measurement towards the use of the standard ruler.RCIPLGómezescobar, AriadnaRodrigues, MargaridaFernández-Cézar, Raquel20232023-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/15792engGómezescobar, A., Rodrigues, M, & Fernández-Cézar, R. (2023). Children's understanding of length measurement using a ruler in Preschool and Primary Education: A cross-national longitudinal study. The Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 69, 101048. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101048.10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101048info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-08-03T10:13:43Zoai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/15792Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:23:24.263492Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Children's understanding of length measurement using a ruler in preschool and primary education: a cross-national longitudinal study
title Children's understanding of length measurement using a ruler in preschool and primary education: a cross-national longitudinal study
spellingShingle Children's understanding of length measurement using a ruler in preschool and primary education: a cross-national longitudinal study
Gómezescobar, Ariadna
Length
Measurement
Ruler
Preschool
Primary education
title_short Children's understanding of length measurement using a ruler in preschool and primary education: a cross-national longitudinal study
title_full Children's understanding of length measurement using a ruler in preschool and primary education: a cross-national longitudinal study
title_fullStr Children's understanding of length measurement using a ruler in preschool and primary education: a cross-national longitudinal study
title_full_unstemmed Children's understanding of length measurement using a ruler in preschool and primary education: a cross-national longitudinal study
title_sort Children's understanding of length measurement using a ruler in preschool and primary education: a cross-national longitudinal study
author Gómezescobar, Ariadna
author_facet Gómezescobar, Ariadna
Rodrigues, Margarida
Fernández-Cézar, Raquel
author_role author
author2 Rodrigues, Margarida
Fernández-Cézar, Raquel
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv RCIPL
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Gómezescobar, Ariadna
Rodrigues, Margarida
Fernández-Cézar, Raquel
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Length
Measurement
Ruler
Preschool
Primary education
topic Length
Measurement
Ruler
Preschool
Primary education
description Measuring length is a practice of everyday life and a mathematical principle shared across cultures. A cross-national and longitudinal study was designed to analyse the evolution of the strategies used by Spanish and Portuguese preschoolers and 1st graders when measuring length. The instruments were rulers designed to discriminate between the strategies demonstrated by young children in previous research, taking as variables the number of correct measurements and the strategy used to measure, and country as a covariate. Neither country nor age influenced correct measurements while the ruler used affected the strategy developed by the children. No significant differences were found in the strategies used from preschool to 1st grade, except for the ruler with numbered units and marks. Considering the sequence of sophistication of the strategies, our results reinforce the scaffolding role of discrete units for the understanding of length measurement towards the use of the standard ruler.
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