Competencies of children from 4 to 6 years in relation to patterns and structures

Competencies in patterns and structures play an important role in the mathematical development of children. However, most of the research on early mathematical development focuses on numerical skills, with much less empirical evidence about the role of patterns and structures in that mathematical development. Within the Ecuadorian context, although patterns and structures are mentioned in the national mathematics curriculum for first basic, unfortunately, nothing is known about the performance children of this age in this important competition, nor their relationship with numerical skills. Therefore, the objective of this project is to examine the competences of children of first basic in relation to patterns and structures and their relationship with numerical skills and with what is raised in the national curriculum and international literature. The participants will be 120 basic children from six educational institutions in the city of Cuenca. The results of this study will allow (i) to contribute to the scarce current knowledge about performance in patterns and structures of Ecuadorian children of first basic, (ii) contribute to the improvement of the national curriculum for this area and level, (ii) dispose of a battery of tests of patterns and structures and numerical skills adapted to the Ecuadorian context, and (iv) obtain an article published in an indexed magazine in Scopus. This project will allow continuity to the FWO-senescyt project (PIC-15-UC-FWO-002), recently carried out at the University of Cuenca.

16th UNIVERSITY RESEARCH COMPETITION