TY - CHAP

T1 - Measurement estimation in primary school

T2 - 39th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education - IGPME 2015

AU - Ruwisch, Silke

AU - Heid, Marleen

AU - Weiher, Dana Farina

N1 - Conference code: 39

PY - 2016/5/24

Y1 - 2016/5/24

N2 - Measurement estimation is seen as an important part of mathematics learning, although still very little is known about children’s abilities in this respect. To make matters worse, criteria for the adequacy of estimates are arbitrarily chosen and differ in studies on this topic. If teachers have to evaluate students’ estimation performances, they need criteria, too. In this paper, we first present some of those studies and their criteria for adequacy. These criteria are evaluated and prepared for discussion by applying them to data from an interview study with 4th grade students estimating length and capacity. This empirical basis for discussion is complemented by data of expert opinions about the items and children’s results.

AB - Measurement estimation is seen as an important part of mathematics learning, although still very little is known about children’s abilities in this respect. To make matters worse, criteria for the adequacy of estimates are arbitrarily chosen and differ in studies on this topic. If teachers have to evaluate students’ estimation performances, they need criteria, too. In this paper, we first present some of those studies and their criteria for adequacy. These criteria are evaluated and prepared for discussion by applying them to data from an interview study with 4th grade students estimating length and capacity. This empirical basis for discussion is complemented by data of expert opinions about the items and children’s results.

KW - Didactics of Mathematics

KW - Grundschule

KW - Schätzen

KW - Größen

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M3 - Article in conference proceedings

SN - 9781326664138

VL - 4

SP - 113

EP - 120

BT - Proceedings of the 39th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education

A2 - Beswick, Kim

A2 - Muir, T.

A2 - Fielding-Wells, J.

PB - International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education

CY - Hobart (Australien)

Y2 - 13 July 2015 through 18 July 2015

ER -