@inbook{fe439cf34dc343c79f52516e1b232c5b,
title = "Young children's reasoning through data exploration",
abstract = "This chapter follows the progress of nine high-ability Year 1 Australian students as they develop reasoning skills through data exploration and analysis. The students used self-portraits drawn by child-artists in Kindergarten and Year 3 to develop a rule-based classification model. Students tested their model on larger sets of self-portraits and developed their own illustrations to support the rules-based model. Crucially, seven of the nine students demonstrated advanced mathematical reasoning through analysis of the test findings to inform their judgements regarding the strengths and weakness of the model. Students demonstrated this reasoning through graphical representations, reflective statements and two-way tables. These findings demonstrate the potential of rule-based model building and data analysis to extend the mathematical experiences of mathematically gifted young children.",
keywords = "gifted education , statistical reasoning, model building, data modelling, representations, classification , early years of school",
author = "Gabrielle Oslington and Joanne Mulligan and {Van Bergen}, Penelope",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1007/978-981-10-7153-9_11",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789811071515",
series = "Early mathematics learning and development",
publisher = "Springer, Springer Nature",
pages = "191--212",
editor = "Virginia Kinnear and Lai, {Mun Yee} and Tracey Muir",
booktitle = "Forging connections in early mathematics teaching and learning",
address = "United States",
}