Number Sense Conceptions of Gifted and Talented Preschool
Öz
In mathematics
education, number sense is a crucial concept that develops core ideas for
mathematics. Moreover, it has another important dimension that number sense
shape and predict the preschoolers’ mathematical understanding in the future.
The fact that gifted students are the ones can have a differentiated and higher
level of number sense conceptions even if in their early ages, revealing this
differentiation can be a necessity to understand their comprehension. Hence,
the purpose of this case study is to assess the conceptions of gifted and
talented preschool students in the domain of number sense, by conducting semi
structured interviews with three children, ages 3-5, enrolling in a gifted and
talented institute in Ankara, Turkey. The results of the study showed that
these young gifted and talented students have a wide range of number sense
comprehension and they showed a great success in the tasks adapted from Howell
and Kemps’ (2010) study. Moreover, the study might have so many contributions
to create awareness about the importance of construction of number sense of
gifted and talented students in mathematics education.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Kaynakça
- Ozdemir, D. (2019). Number sense conceptions of gifted and talented preschool children. Science, Education, Art and Technology Journal (SEAT Journal), 3(2), 69-77.
Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Duygu Özdemir
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0000-0002-5109-0072
Türkiye
Yayımlanma Tarihi
1 Temmuz 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
1 Ekim 2018
Kabul Tarihi
10 Ocak 2019
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Cilt: 3 Sayı: 2


