South African Journal of Childhood Education 3(2):a38 Assessing early numeracy : significance, trends, nomenclature, context, key topics, learning framework and assessment tasks
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E-Journal
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ISSN
2223-7682
Category
ECCE, Foundation
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Publication Year
2013
Publisher
Aosis OpenJournals, Durbanville, Cape Town, South Africa
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[ private ]
Pages
20 p.
Subject
Early childhood education, Primary education, Foundation Phase, Assessment, Counting, Early arithmetic, Learning framework, Numbers, Numerals, South Africa
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Abstract
This article describes a comprehensive and novel approach to assessment in early numeracy. Topics include the significance of early numeracy, developing a nomenclature for early numeracy, and describing the context for the development of this approach to assessment. The largely unrealised importance of numerals and numeral sequences in early numeracy, the significance of counting and its distinction from saying a number word sequence, the important topics of structuring numbers in the range 1 to 20 and conceptual place value, the Learning Framework in Number and its use in profiling children’s early numeracy knowledge, and important assessment tasks are explored.
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