Primary school students’ length estimation competence – a cross-country comparison between Taiwan and Germany

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Estimation competence is assumed to be a relevant skill that needs to be addressed in the mathematics classroom (Sowder, 1992; Bright, 1976). However, little is known about cross-country differences in primary school students’ length estimation competence and what impact different opportunities to learn in the different educational contexts have on this competence. Taking into account an extensive analysis of 202estimation situations, Heinze et al. (2018) proposed a model that holds 72 estimation situations as a basis for assessing length estimation competence. Based on this model, a test on length estimation competence was developed and used in 43 German and Taiwanese classes. In total, 903 third and fourth grade students fulfilled the length estimation tasks. The test on students’ length estimation competence proved to be partially measurement invariant. Cross-country comparison revealed that Taiwanese students outperform the German students in length estimation
OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelInternational Symposium Elementary Mathematics Teaching : Proccedings Opportunities in Learning and Teaching Elementary Mathematics
HerausgeberJarmila Novotná, Hana Moraová
Anzahl der Seiten11
ErscheinungsortPrag
VerlagCharles University, Prague
Erscheinungsdatum2019
Seiten201-211
ISBN (Print)978-80-7603-069-5
PublikationsstatusErschienen - 2019
VeranstaltungInternational Symposium Elementary Mathematics Teaching - 2019: Opportunities in Learning and Teaching Elementary Mathematics - Charles University, Faculty of Education , Prague, Tschechische Republik
Dauer: 18.08.201922.08.2019
http://spiem.pt/evento/semt-19/