Language: English

ISSN: 1071-6246

Abstract/Notes: This study explored the effects of peer interactions on kindergarten children’s construction of conservation and conflict resolution knowledge during storybook reading. Previous studies have identified that peer interactions can support the meaning-making processes of children in social relationships and problem-solving, but little is known about whether the interaction with mixed-age or more competent peers is more important in supporting knowledge construction. Sixty-four younger children in K2 and older children in K3 with similar socioeconomic backgrounds were recruited from a Montessori kindergarten in Kunming, China. An experimental design was applied to explore age group and conserver dominance effects on conservation and conflict resolution. Children were assigned randomly to eight groups in three 30-to-40-minute intervention sessions. Each session had a different theme for the children to learn about conservation and conflict resolution concepts and a hands-on activity to practice and discuss. ANOVAs were performed to test group effects, while multiple regression analyses were conducted to explore individual variations in age and pre-test scores in predicting post-test scores. Conservation knowledge was significantly better among children who differed in age groups in the post-test, but differences were not found in conflict resolution knowledge. Groups balanced with equal conservers and non-conservers improved the best, suggesting that peer social interactions can facilitate conservation and conflict resolution construction. These results provide new insights for early childhood educators to support peer interactions and children’s development. Implications, limitations, and future research are discussed.

Language: English

DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1253782

ISSN: 2504-284X

Language: English

ISSN: 0571-1142

Language: English

ISSN: 1071-6246

Language: English

Language: English

Published: Loveland, Ohio: Treehaus Communications, 1998

Edition: [1st ed.]

ISBN: 1-886510-14-8 978-1-886510-14-2

Language: English

Abstract/Notes: Includes the following section(s): Reasoning on Angles - Shapes, The Right-Angled Triangle, Further Reasoning on the Right Angle, Squaring the Circle, Reasoning on Right-Angled Triangles, First Demonstration: Triangle with Two Equal Catheti, Second Demonstration, Third Demonstration - General, One the Demonstration

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Montessori-Pierson Publishing Company, 2011

Series: The Montessori Series , 16

Abstract/Notes: L'étude génétique de la pensée enfantine, dont on a montré quelques aspects dans le domaine mathématique, vérifie l'assertion, courante aujourd'hui, que l'enfant doit agir pour comprendre. Elle apporte cependant des renseignements supplémentaires sur les processus d'abstraction qui interviennent à partir de l'action.

Language: French

DOI: 10.1007/BF01433369

ISSN: 1573-0638, 0020-8566

Abstract/Notes: The object of this research was to investigate young children's mathematical spatial reasoning in a Montessori classroom. Spatial reasoning is an important part of children's mathematical learning and development; however, opportunities for rich spatial reasoning are not readily available in the classroom. Rather, there is a focus on numeracy at the expense of geometry where activities for spatial development are usually found. Montessori designed a sensory curriculum around children's development, yet spatial reasoning in a Montessori classroom has not been fully investigated. This was a qualitative study using some tools of ethnography. The theoretical framework was Radford's sensuous cognition (2013, 2014) which allowed for an understanding of human development as cultural with the body essential to that development. The data, captured by video, were the children's semiotic traces (Bartolini Bussi and Baccaglini-Frank (2015, p. 393) which are the visible productions of the children's spatial reasoning such as their movements, text, drawings, and speech. The analysis found that the children had ample opportunities for engaging in challenging mathematical problems which required their spatial reasoning. These engaging activities resulted in the children using a wide range of spatial skills as they reasoned mathematically. The children's movement, the main semiotic trace generated by the children, was crucial to their spatial reasoning. This investigation concluded the pedagogical practices created a rich and dynamic environment for the children's spatial development. Practices included the use of well-designed mathematical manipulatives, engagement in the manner of guided play, co-operative learning with peers of mixed ages, extensive time for activities, and assessment based on observations of individual children.

Language: English

Published: Ottawa, Canada, 2022