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- Title
Pre-school children's performance on repeat-pattern tasks.
- Authors
Hutchinson, Erica; Pournara, Craig
- Abstract
This study explored the performance of eight pre-school children on a range of tasks involving repeat patterns. Task-based interviews were conducted where children were required to produce their own pattern, to copy and extend a given pattern, and to complete missing parts of a pattern. The findings show that most children were able to copy and extend a repeat pattern, but few could produce their own repeat pattern. While most children tended to focus on ‘what comes next’, some children paid attention to pattern structure, but were not able to isolate the pattern element. Evidence is provided of inconsistent performance by individual children across tasks, which provides new insights into children's developing sense of repeat patterns.
- Subjects
PATTERN perception; TASK assessment; AIMS &; objectives of preschool education; PRESCHOOL education; EVIDENCE-based education; CLASSROOM activities
- Publication
Education as Change, 2014, Vol 18, Issue 1, p103
- ISSN
1682-3206
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/16823206.2013.847015