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Caroline Cohrssen; Jill Fielding; Jo Bird – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
There is growing interest in mathematics learning progressions in early childhood education. Counting is a skill usually developed early in life. The application of the counting principles in early childhood typically entails counting objects. This poses challenges for learning about zero. Indeed, the word "zero" is seldom used in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computation, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
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Hernandez, Eder; Campos, Esmeralda; Barniol, Pablo; Zavala, Genaro – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Electricity and magnetism are closely related phenomena with a well-known symmetry found in Maxwell equations. An essential part of any electricity and magnetism course includes the analysis of different field source distributions through Gauss's and Ampere's laws to compute and interpret different physical quantities, such as electric flux,…
Descriptors: Energy, Magnets, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts
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Sekeris, Elke; De Keyser, Laure; Verschaffel, Lieven; Luwel, Koen – Educational Psychology, 2023
Research showed that the capacity of making simple estimations begins to develop already at the age of five, but little is known about the early development of this estimation capacity and the strategies that underly it. The current study longitudinally followed the estimation capacity and strategies of 332 children from first to second grade of…
Descriptors: Computation, Longitudinal Studies, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
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Hartmann, Julia; Herzog, Moritz; Fritz, Annemarie – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2022
The conceptual development of natural number in preschoolers is well-researched. However, less is known about the conceptual development of zero. Recent studies suggest that children develop an understanding of zero after learning to count. It remains unclear, when a conceptual understanding of "zero" as number word for an empty set…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Number Concepts, Computation, Concept Formation
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Yuan, Yuan; Chen, Kuolong – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2023
This study used fraction number line estimation tasks to evaluate students' developmental patterns, and the relationship of such tasks with whole number bias was explored. In total, 189 fourth-grade students in a northern Taiwan elementary school were followed over 2 years. The results demonstrated that the students' fraction learning development…
Descriptors: Fractions, Numbers, Computation, Grade 4
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Anna van der Meulen; Mijke Hartendorp; Wendy Voorn; Felienne Hermans – Computer Science Education, 2024
Background and Context: In order to fully include learners with visual impairments in early programming education, it is necessary to gain insight into specificities regarding their experience of and approach to abstract computational concepts. Objective: In this study, we use the model of the layers of abstraction to explore how learners with…
Descriptors: Blindness, Visual Impairments, Students with Disabilities, Programming
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Birgin, Osman; Gürbüz, Ramazan; Memis, Kafiye Zeynep – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2022
The aim of this study was to investigate second-grade elementary school students' performance related to their counting skills, place value understanding, and addition operation in natural numbers. A total of 205 second-grade elementary school students from Turkey participated in this study. The data were collected through a 'Personal Information…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Elementary School Students, Computation, Number Concepts
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Kalayci Eyeoglu, Özlem; Gökkurt Özdemir, Burçin; Eyeoglu, Ulvi – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2021
This study aims to examine the conceptual understanding of middle-school 8th graders on measurement based on big ideas. To this aim, a case study was carried out with six students from a state middle school. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews with the instrument developed by the researchers and consisting of seven…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Concept Formation, Measurement
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Askew, Mike; Venkat, Hamsa – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2020
The cardinal and ordinal aspects of number have been widely written about as key constructs that need to be brought together in children's understanding in order for them to appreciate the idea of numerosity. In this paper, we discuss similarities and differences in the ways in which understandings not only of ordinality, cardinality but also…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Mathematical Concepts
Copping, Kate – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2021
The development of mathematical reasoning is a key proficiency for mathematics within the Australian Curriculum. However, reasoning can be difficult for teachers to assess, particularly with pen and paper tests. In this study, interview tasks were designed across three curriculum areas at three different levels to assess student reasoning through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Logic, Elementary School Students
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Campos, Esmeralda; Hernandez, Eder; Barniol, Pablo; Zavala, Genaro – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Identifying students' difficulties in understanding Gauss's and Ampere's laws is important for developing educational strategies that promote an expertlike understanding of the field concept and Maxwell's equations of electromagnetic phenomena. This study aims to analyze and compare students' understanding of symmetry when applying Gauss's and…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Teaching Methods, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
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Miguel Reina; Itzel Guerrero-Ri´os; Antonio Reina – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
We describe a remote pedagogical approach based on chemical thinking to study metal-carbonyl complexes by analyzing simulated IR spectra. The proposed approach, implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic, can be employed in classrooms that have very limited laboratory equipment for evaluating toxic metal-carbonyl compounds, as well as for…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Distance Education, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
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Marcruz, Ong Yew Lee; Carrie, Ho Ka Lee; Manabu, Kawata; Mayumi, Takahashi; Kumpei, Mizuno – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2022
It has become increasingly clear that the early use of decomposition for addition is associated with later mathematical achievement. This study examined how younger children execute a base-10 decomposition strategy to solve complex arithmetic (e.g. two-digit addition). 24 addition problems in two modalities (WA: Written Arithmetic; OA: Oral…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Arithmetic, Foreign Countries, Correlation
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Bull, Rebecca; Lee, Kerry; Muñez, David – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Difficulties in mathematics are argued to stem from impairments of a specialized system of numerical magnitude representation. This study investigates whether different measures of numerical magnitude understanding in kindergarten uniquely predict mathematical achievement concurrently and 6 months later, and also examines the relative explanatory…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Achievement, Number Concepts
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Paydar, Seyhan; Dogan, Adem – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2021
The aim of this research is to reveal the understanding of dimensions and sub-dimensions of the place value in natural numbers of gifted and non-gifted students attending fourth grade. A mixed approach was adopted in the research. The research is quantitative in terms of revealing the levels of place value, counting, representing, naming,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Grade 4, Foreign Countries
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