Sayers, J orcid.org/0000-0002-9652-0187, Petersson, J, Rosenqvist, E et al. (1 more author) (2021) Opportunities to learn foundational number sense in three Swedish year one textbooks: implications for the importation of overseas authored materials. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 52 (4). pp. 506-526. ISSN 0020-739X
Abstract
In this paper we present statistical analyses of three textbooks used by Swedish teachers to support year one children's learning of mathematics. One, Eldorado, is authored by Swedish teachers, another, Favorit, is a Swedish adaptation of a popular Finnish series and the third, Singma, is a Swedish adaptation of a Singapore series. Data were coded against the eight categories of foundational number sense, which are the number-related competences literature has shown to be essential for the later mathematical success of year one learners. Two analyses were undertaken; the first was a frequency analysis of the tasks coded for a particular category, the second was a time-series analysis highlighting the temporal location of such opportunities. The frequency analyses identified statistically significant differences with respect to children's opportunities to acquire foundational number sense. Additionally, the time series showed substantial differences in the ways in which such tasks were located in the structure of the textbooks. Such differences, we argue, offer substantial didactical challenges to teachers trying to adapt their practices to the expectations of such imports.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
Keywords: | Sweden, mathematics textbooks, comparative research, year one children, foundational number sense |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Education (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 18 Dec 2019 13:05 |
Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2022 07:58 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/0020739X.2019.1688406 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:154744 |