Abstract
The recently launched project ‘TellMEE’ (Telling Mathematics in Elementary Education), at the University of Giessen (Germany), focuses on the individual concepts of preschoolers. Their explanations pertaining to arithmetic and geometric content are of particular interest. Hereby the focus will be on 2-D shapes. In order to investigate how preschoolers verbalise their individual ideas and concepts, they undergo an interactive process with the aim of creating an audio recording. The procedure will be illustrated through the presentation of an empirical example. The analysis of interaction is used to analyse the preschoolers’ utterances.
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In German, the corners play a significant role, as the literal translation of the German term ‘Viereck’ is ‘four corners’.
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Klose, R., Schreiber, C. (2018). TellMEE – Telling Mathematics in Elementary Education. In: Benz, C., Steinweg, A., Gasteiger, H., Schöner, P., Vollmuth, H., Zöllner, J. (eds) Mathematics Education in the Early Years. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78220-1_9
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