Theories, Standards, Introduction to Number Sense

Question 1

Benefits of play

Answer 1

• cognitive development
• social development
• physical development
• communication
• encounter & explore concepts

Question 2

Number sense

Answer 2

the ability to understand the quantity of a set and the name associated with that quantity

Question 3

Attribute

Answer 3

A characteristic of an object

ie: color, shape, size

Question 4

Numerosity

Answer 4

Quantity is an attribute of a set of objects and we use numbers to name specific quantities

ie: numbers can be used to represent an amount of something

Question 5

Receptive vs. Productive skills

Question 6

Developmental trajectory

Question 7

Open vs. Closed sort

Answer 7

• Closed: teachers create the categories for the students to sort in
• Open: students create their own classifications

Question 8

Nominal/Categorical Number

Answer 8

Numbers that lack mathematical purpose

ie: room number, jersey, zip code

Question 9

Referential Number

Answer 9

a shared reference point

ie: time, temperature

Question 10

Cardinal Number

Answer 10

idicates an amount of something

ie: 5 people, 12 elephants

Question 11

Ordinal Number

Answer 11

the position in a sequence

ie: floor number

numbers that utilize st and th

Question 12

Subitizing

Answer 12

the ability to percieve a number quickly

Question 13

Perceptual Subitizing

Answer 13

quickly identifying a number between 1-3

Question 14

Conceptual Subitizing

Answer 14

quickly identifying a number larger than 3

Question 15

Rote Counting

Answer 15

ability to recite numbers in order from memory

Question 16

Developmental Progression of sorting

Answer 16

1. Exact matching
2. Sorting by a single attribute
3. Binary sort
4. Multiple set sort
5. Compare sets

Question 17

Exact matching

Answer 17

Which shape is exactly like this one?

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