EXAMINING NUMBER SENSE SKILLS OF KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN

Year 2024, Volume: 13 Issue: 3, 185 - 199, 30.09.2024

Ersin Palabıyık , Neşe Işık Tertemiz

https://doi.org/10.55020/iojpe.1510531

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the number sense skills of preschool (Kindergarten) children. In the study, survey design, one of the quantitative research methods, was used. The study group consists of a total of 114 children attending all the kindergartens (5 kindergartens) in the city center of Tunceli in the 2020-2021 school year. The data collection tool used in the study is the "Preschool Number Sense Test" developed by the researchers. In the analysis of the data, the correct answers obtained by using number sense skills, the correct answers obtained by using rule and operation-based methods, the false answers obtained by using number sense skills, the false answers obtained by using rule-operation-based methods and the questions left unanswered were considered. As a result of the analysis made, it was determined that preschool students used rule- and operation-based methods more in problem-solving when dealing with questions, and it was seen that they used number-sense-based methods less frequently.

Keywords

Number sense, number sense test, kindergarten children.

Ethical Statement

This study is produced from the first author's doctoral thesis completed under the supervision of the second author. The study has undergone appropriate ethics protocol. The author(s) acted in accordance with the ethical rules in all the parts of the study such as data collection and there is no conflict of interest between the authors. This study was ethically approved by the Gazi University Ethics Commission's decision dated 07 April 2020 and numbered 91610558-302.08.01. Informed consent was obtained from the participants. No funding was received for the conduct of this study. The ethical approval for this research was obtained from the Ethics Committee of the Gazi University Rectorate on 07.04.2020 with the decision number 91610558-302.08.01. The authors of the study acted in accordance with ethical rules in all processes of the research. There are no individuals or financial relationships that could be perceived as potential conflicts of interest related to this study.

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