Understanding of capacity in 3rd grade
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Understanding of capacity in 3rd grade. / Ruwisch, Silke.
Pre-Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on Mathematical Education: 8 July – 15 July, 2012, COEX, Seoul, Korea . Vol. TSG 8 ICME, 2012. p. 1955-1963.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Understanding of capacity in 3rd grade
AU - Ruwisch, Silke
N1 - Conference code: 12
PY - 2012/7/15
Y1 - 2012/7/15
N2 - In everyday life the estimation of quantities is as important as the accurate measurement. If children shall be able to estimate capacity they have to understand conversion, transitivity and unit iteration as well as to build up mental representatives, which they can use to compare and measure mentally. A case study with 35 third graders of two different primary schools in Germany is presented. All children were interviewed and took part in a paper and pencil test. The results were compared and discussed especially concerning the question if the test alone will help to identify students with special problems in dealing with capacity.
AB - In everyday life the estimation of quantities is as important as the accurate measurement. If children shall be able to estimate capacity they have to understand conversion, transitivity and unit iteration as well as to build up mental representatives, which they can use to compare and measure mentally. A case study with 35 third graders of two different primary schools in Germany is presented. All children were interviewed and took part in a paper and pencil test. The results were compared and discussed especially concerning the question if the test alone will help to identify students with special problems in dealing with capacity.
KW - Didactics of Mathematics
M3 - Article in conference proceedings
VL - TSG 8
SP - 1955
EP - 1963
BT - Pre-Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on Mathematical Education
PB - ICME
T2 - 12th International Congress on Mathematical Education - ICME 2012
Y2 - 8 July 2012 through 12 July 2012
ER -