Repeating patterns : strategies to assist young students to generalise the mathematical structure
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01/09/2012
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This paper focuses on very young students' ability to engage in repeating pattern tasks and identifying strategies that assist them to ascertain the structure of the pattern. It describes results of a study which is part of the Early Years Generalising Project (EYGP) and involves Australian students in Years 1 to 4 (ages 5-10). This paper reports on the results from the early years' cohort (Year 1 and 2 students). Clinical interviews were used to collect data concerning students' ability to determine elements in different positions when two units of a repeating pattern were shown. This meant that students were required to identify the multiplicative structure of the pattern. Results indicate there are particular strategies that assist students to predict these elements, and there appears to be a hierarchy of pattern activities that help students to understand the structure of repeating patterns. |
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Early Childhood Australia Inc. |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/60107/1/AJEC_repeating_patterns_strategies_to_assist_young_students_to_generalise_the_mathematical_structure.pdf http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/australian_journal_of_early_childhood Warren, Elizabeth, Miller, Jodie, & Cooper, Thomas (2012) Repeating patterns : strategies to assist young students to generalise the mathematical structure. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 37(3), pp. 111-120. |
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Copyright 2012 Early Childhood Australia Inc. |
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School of Curriculum; Faculty of Education |
Palavras-Chave | #130102 Early Childhood Education (excl. Maori) #130208 Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy #Patterns #Mathematical structure #Early childhood mathematics #Algebra |
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Journal Article |