Browsing by Author "Dolk, Beda"

The purpose of this research was to gather information about preschoolers’ relational skills in mathematics and possible differences between girls and boys in these skills. The research was accomplished by using the first part of The Early Numeracy Test for Toddlers, The ENT. Previous researches have found out that in preschool boys’ relational skills in mathematics are better than girls’ relational skills. Although research about preschoolers’ developing number sense accomplished during the preschool year 2002–2003 showed that girls did better than boys on The Early Numeracy Test for Toddlers. There weren’t big differences in averages, but girls’ average was better than boys’ average both at the measurement in the beginning and at the measurement in the end. The material for this research was gathered in one preschool class in the spring 2016. 18 pre-schoolers, 10 girls and 8 boys, took part in The Early Numeracy Test for Toddlers. The re-search is quantitative and the material was analysed with the SPSS-program. The results of this research showed that there were some differences about how well the pre-schoolers’ did on the first part of The Early Numeracy Test for Toddlers. Girls did better on the test than boys. Girls’ average was 18,7 and boys’ average was 17. Statistically there were no significant differences between girls and boys. The results of this research are in line with results from previous researches about the same topic.