Artigo Revisado por pares

Early Childhood Corner: April 2001

2001; National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; Volume: 7; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5951/tcm.7.8.0462

ISSN

2327-0780

Autores

Frances Kuwahara Lang,

Tópico(s)

Statistics Education and Methodologies

Resumo

Teachers often encounter difficulty in teaching estimation of quantity and measurement to young children. A typical estimation activity might be similar to the following: “Here is a jar of candy bars. How many do you think are in the jar? I want you to make a “good guess.” The person who gets the closest is the winner and can have one candy bar.” This activity is supposed to help children develop estimation skills, but children have no idea what the difference is between a guess and an estimate.

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