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Analysis on Mathematical Understanding of Elementary School Students about Time  

Nam, Jihyun (서울신내초등학교)
Chang, Hyewon (서울교육대학교)
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Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea / v.20, no.3, 2016 , pp. 479-498 More about this Journal
Abstract
Time is important in children's lives since their preschool years. However, previous studies indicate that many children struggle with the acquisition of time concepts. Also teachers do not know how to help them. This study aims to investigate elementary school students' understanding about time and induce its educational implications. To do this, about 130 children from first to fifth grades were tested for their ability to recognize(read and record) the analogue and digital times and to solve elapsed-time problems. The results showed that even first graders were able to read and record the minute times on digital clocks. And second graders were able to read and record the minute times on analogue clocks. Therefore, the ability to recognize analogue times was mastered by second grade. In case of the elapsed-time problems, there was statistically significant difference according to school years or types of problems. Students were successful in solving simple problems. However, the problems that include regrouping hour and minute remained difficult even for the older children. Based on these results, we made a few suggestions for teaching practice about time.
Keywords
time; time-reading; time-recording; calculation of elapsed time;
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