The Beggining of Probabilistic Reasoning in Early Childhood Education
Main Article Content
Vol. 15 No. 4: Special Issue on Statistics and Probability in Early Childhood Education (November, 2021), Articles, pages 267-288
Submitted: Oct 31, 2021
Accepted: Oct 31, 2021
Published: Nov 25, 2021
Abstract
We present a synthesis of the research on up to 7 year-old children’s probabilistic reasoning. After a short allusion to Piaget and Inhelder and Fischbein research, these and other investigations are reviewed. We analyze the children’s understanding of chance, probabilistic language, identification and enumeration of possibilities, probability comparison strategies, and combinatorial reasoning. Teachers and families can use this synthesis in the early education of probabilistic reasoning, which will benefit the child in his or her development, later understanding of probability and decision making under uncertainty.
Keywords:
Probability, Early Childhood Education, probabilistic reasoning, Probability, Early Childhood Education, Probabilistic reasoning
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