[Maths-Education] Re: Early algebra references

[Alexandre Borovik]

I share Alison's frustration -- it is very difficult to find research 
information on early categorisation. I would be most happy to find any 
advice where to look for it.

Many thanks -- Alexandre

On 10/03/2011 14:46, Alison Price wrote:
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> I am doing some work on early sorting, matching, categorisation leading into
> handling data and graphing etc..
> I am finding it difficult to find much research on the early stages of this
> - lots of babies' understanding of categorisation but little at the 3-6 age
> group that is not either anecdotal or from a theoretical mathematical
> perspective (e.g. set theory) but not clearly related to an understanding of
> how children develop these ideas.
> What am I missing?
> Alison Price


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