PRESCHOOLERS LEARN PROPORTIONALITY AND INTEGRATION THROUGH ICON-COUNTING AND NEXT-TO ADDITION

Year 2015, Volume: 2 , 107 - 117, 01.09.2015

Allan Tarp

Abstract

Preschool allows rethinking mathematics outside the tradition of
ordinary school. Seeing schooling as adapting the child to the outside world
containing many examples of Many, we can ask: How will mathematics look like if
built as a natural science about physical fact Many? To deal with Many we count
and add. The school counts in tens, but preschool allows counting in icons
also. Once counted, totals can be added. To add on-top the units are made the
same through recounting, also called proportionality. Adding next-to means
adding areas, also called integration. So icon-counting and next-to addition
offers golden learning opportunities in preschool that is lost in ordinary
school allowing only ten-counting to take place. 

Keywords

count, add, proportionality, integration, preschool

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