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Language and Number Values: The Influence of the Explicitness of Number Names on Children’s Understanding of Place Value

In recent years, the idea of language influencing the cognitive development of an understanding of place value has received increasing attention. This study explored the influence of using explicit number names on prekindergarten and kindergarten students’ ability to rote count, read two-digit numerals, model two-digit numbers, and identify the place value of individual digits in two-digit numerals. Through individual student interviews, preand post-assessments were administered to evaluate rote counting, reading five two-digit numerals, modeling five two-digit numbers, and identifying place value in two two-digit numerals. Chi-square tests for independence showed two significant relations: (1) the relationship between the control and treatment group membership on the postassessment of modeling two-digit numbers and (2) the relationship between place value identifications and group membership. Analysis of the children’s performance and error patterns revealed interesting differences between children taught with explicit number names and children taught with traditional number names. The improvement of the treatment group overall exceeded the improvement of the control group. This study indicates that teaching children to use explicit number names can, indeed, have a positive influence on their understanding of place value.

Erschienen in
Proceedings of the tenth International Conference Models in Developing Mathematics Education. - Dresden : Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft, 2009. - S. 86 - 89
Verwandtes Objekt und Literatur
urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-79236
qucosa:1658

Thema
Mathematik

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Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Browning, Sandra
Ereignis
Herstellung
(wer)
HTW Dresden

URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-79517
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  • Browning, Sandra
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