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Minding the Gap: Children's Difficulty Conceptualizing Spatial Intervals as Linear Measurement Units
Direct linkSolomon, Tracy L.; Vasilyeva, Marina; Huttenlocher, Janellen; Levine, Susan C. – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Understanding measurement units is critical to mathematics and science learning, but it is a topic that American students find difficult. In 3 studies, we investigated the challenges underlying this difficulty in kindergarten and second grade by comparing performance on different versions of a linear measurement task. Children measured crayons…
Descriptors: Children, Spatial Ability, Concept Formation, Measurement
Peer reviewedMacKay, C. K.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1972
One finding is that the children in this study did not reach a level in the development of these concepts expected by Piaget of 9-year-olds. (Authors/CB)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept), Developmental Tasks, Difficulty Level
