Learning Mathematics with Picture Books

Authors :: van den Heuvel-Panhuizen, Marja
Elia, Iliada
Robitzsch, Alexander
Source :: North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. 2014 (pter).
Publication Year :: 2014
Abstract: This paper describes a field experiment with a pretest-posttest-control group design in which the potential of reading picture books to children for supporting their mathematical understanding was investigated. The study involved 384 children from eighteen kindergarten classes in eighteen schools in the Netherlands. Data analyses revealed that the experimental group showed a significantly larger increase than the control group in their mathematics performance in a project test containing items on a variety of mathematical topics including arithmetic, measurement, and geometry. [For the complete proceedings, see ED597799.]

Language :: English
Issue :: pter
Database :: ERIC
Journal :: North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Publication Type :: Conference
Accession number :: ED599989
Document Type :: Speeches/Meeting Papers<br />Reports - Research