Young children's number sense in Finland, Hong Kong and Singapore

Young children's number sense in Finland, Hong Kong and Singapore

• Aunio, Pirjo University of Helsinki, Finland
• Ee, Jessie National Institute of Education, Singapore
• Lim, Audrey Swee Eng Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Hautamäki, Jarkko University of Helsinki, Finland
• Van Luit, Johannes E. H. Utrecht University, The Netherlands

International Journal of Early Years Education, 12(3), 195-216, 2004

Routledge

2004

• A 人的成長與發展
  • AB 認知與語言能力的發展；感知及智力發展
• P 香港教育各層面與外地之比較
  • PB 香港教育各層面與外地之比較
• G 課程與教學:個別教學範疇
  • GC 數學及統計學

Foreign Countries Young Children Number Concepts Numeracy Testing Mathematics Skills Comparative Analysis Sex Differences Age

• Hong Kong
• Singapore
• Finland

• 1997.7 onwards

• 學前教育

This study examines young children's number sense in subjects from Finland (n=254), Hong Kong (n= 246), and Singapore (n = 130). Chinese, English and Finnish versions of the Early Numeracy Test (ENT; Van Luit et al, 1994) were used. Two highly correlated aspects of number sense were measured, one reflecting children's abilities to organize and compare quantities (i.e. relational skills), and the other pertaining to their ability to operate with number-word sequence (i.e. counting skills). The results showed significant age-related gain on the relational and counting scales. No gender or language differences were found. The children in Hong Kong and Singapore outperformed those in Finland in relational and counting tasks starting at the age of four years. The children in Singapore also had better relational and counting skills than those in Hong Kong. Differences in teaching were assumed to explain the findings.
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• 英文

期刊論文

• 09669760

• 10.1080/0966976042000268681

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/tc/bibs/5b5e8ef3

2010-09-27