A Kindergarten Student’s Use and Understanding of Tables While Working with Function Problems
Bárbara M. Brizuela, Maria Blanton, Kim Yangsook
Brizuela, B., Blanton, M., Kim, Y. (2021). A kindergarten student’s uses and understandings of tables while working with function problems. In Mathematical reasoning of children and adults: Teaching and learning from an interdisciplinary perspective (pp. 171 – 190). Gewerbestrasse, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
Abstract
In book: Mathematical Reasoning of Children and Adults (pp.171-190)
In this chapter, we explore a kindergarten student’s uses and understandings of tables as he explores algebraic linear functional relationships. Drawing from interview data from an early algebra classroom teaching experiment using design-based research, our findings suggest that young children are able to use and understand tables. In this chapter, we argue that young children can use tables as organizational tools and not just look at but also look through tables to develop understandings of functional relationships. We take this as evidence that tables are important representational tools for children from the earliest grades of schooling.
