The role of the structure in early mathematics learning: Research with children aged four

Margarida Rodrigues (1) , Maria Cordeiro (2) , Paula Serra (3)

1 ULISBOA - Universidade de Lisboa = University of Lisbon
2 Associação Infantil e Juvenil “O Nosso Recreio”
3 Externato “O Poeta”

This poster reports a broader project that aims to research the preschoolers’ cognitive capacities in mathematics learning, and integrates two studies that were carried with four-year-old children aiming to understand: (i) the children´s ability to subitize, and (ii) how the process of emergence of algebraic thinking develops. The results show the importance of structure in early mathematics education.

Mots clés: Structure; early mathematics learning; pattern

Domaines: Education; Histoire et perspectives sur les mathématiques [math.HO]

Margarida Rodrigues, Maria Cordeiro, Paula Serra. The role of the structure in early mathematics learning: Research with children aged four. CERME 9 - Ninth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education; ERME, Feb 2015, Prague, Czech Republic. pp.2041-2042. ⟨hal-01288559⟩