terms

Question 1

one to one correspondence

Answer 1

matching one object to another object and matching one object to one count word

Question 2

organization

Answer 2

the process of developing strategies to keep track of objects that have been counted and those that have not

Question 3

magnitude

Answer 3

understanding the relative amount of a group of objects without counting

Question 4

rote counting

Answer 4

saying the counting words out loud without understanding they’re connected to quantity

Question 5

part/whole relationship

Answer 5

quantities can be decomposed into parts and then recomposed into those parts to make a whole

Question 6

conservation

Answer 6

understanding that the quantity of a group remains the same regardless of its size of objects in the group or organization of the objects

Question 7

cardinality

Answer 7

connecting numbers to an amount when counting. the last word said represents the group size.

Question 8

subitizing

Answer 8

instantly perceiving a small amount without counting. lays the foundation for addition and subtraction.

Question 9

conceptual subitizing

Answer 9

requires students to recognize smaller groups within a larger group. ex. a group of 7 dots seen as 6 and 1

Question 10

perceptual

Answer 10

means to think in groups or seeing a number of objects w/o counting by ones. ex. showing a child a group of 3 blocks and having them identify 3 w/o counting

Question 11

hierarchical inclusion

Answer 11

the understanding that whole number quantities grow by one each time the next number in the counting sequence is said. previous quantities are nested in the target quantity.