The concept of unity in preschool education
AUTHORS
Carlos Pereira dos Santos | cmfsantos@fc.ul.pt | University of Lisbon
SUMMARY
In this article we will present the children's book How Big is a Foot? by Rolf Myller. This work illustrates, in a very skilful and precise way, one of the fundamental problems associated with the act of measuring: the problem of the relativity of measurement. In addition to illustrating it clearly, with a discourse at the level of a preschool child, the development goes further to also explore the concept of standard unit.
KEYWORDS
mathematics in preschool; concept of unit; standard unit; act of measuring.
RELEVANT DATES
Published: 2013/12/21