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https://doi.org/10.4236/ce.2010.13022

has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Between Natural Language and Mathematical Symbols (, =): The Comprehension of Pre-Service and Preschool Teachers- Perspective of Numbers

  AUTHORS: Dina Hassidov, Bat-Sheva Ilany

  KEYWORDS: Preschool Teachers, Pre-Service teachers, Mathematics Education, Early Childhood, Mathematical Symbol

  JOURNAL NAME: Creative Education, Vol.8 No.12, September 27, 2017

  ABSTRACT: This article presents a quantitative and qualitative study comparing how pre-service and preschool teachers perceive the relational symbols ( and =). The study population comprised 71 pre-service teachers participating in a course dedicated to teaching and learning early childhood mathematics and 149 in-service preschool teachers. A large proportion of the participants did not answer the questions correctly or give suitable reasons for their answers.There was a significant difference between the two groups, with thepre-service teachers giving a significantly greater number of correct answers and explanations. The conclusions arising from this study are that preschool teachers do not correctly comprehend the true significance of >, and =, and therefore are unlikely to teach them correctly.