Multimodal numerical interactions during mother-child picture book reading

RODRÍGUEZ, JIMENA; SALSA, ANALÍA

Congreso; Home Mathematics Environment (HME) Virtual Conference; 2020

Purdue University

This study focused on the frequency and type of number talk of 2.5- and 4-year-old Argentinean children and their mothers during book reading. The book included sets of animals in ascending order (1-9), with their corresponding numerals and the animals? written names. A finer-grained approach was used for identifying four types of numerical utterances (enumeration, quantification, comparison, and recognition of numerals); for each category, a subset of codes was created to describe how dyads used numerical information for different purposes. Results showed distinct ways in which dyads communicate and reflect on numbers, as a function of children?s age and set size.