2/25/2023 0 Comments Teachers tools for data analysis![]() They discover that mixing blue and yellow paint results in green paint, and if they keep adding many colors they end up with brown paint. Through play, toddlers and preschoolers learn that rotating shape sorter pieces frequently results in a better fit into the sorter. Eventually, through repeated exposure to feet, mice, and sheep, they collect data to know that there are exceptions to the /s/ rule. We know this because they then generalize this rule and turn footinto foots, mouseinto mouses, and sheepinto sheeps. ![]() Young children learn, through repeated exposure, that plural nouns usually end in the sound /s/. ![]() They learn which objects not to touch (if the object is steaming, came from an oven, or has been sitting in the sun), and what activities require them to hang on (playing on a merry-go-round or swingset).Ĭonsider language development. They make use of this data-often unconsciously-in a wide variety of ways. Then, as newborns, they differentiate and prefer her voice to another female’s.īabies and children are constantly taking in data about the world around them. In the womb, babies store information on the prosody of their mother’s voice (intonation, rhythm, and stress). How can teachers make this natural ability more explicit and thus more useful to children? Children's Developing Data CollectionĮven before birth our brains collect and organize information constantly. At its simplest level, data is the information we collect-knowingly or otherwise-about the world around us. ![]() We might think of data as graphs and charts and large collections of information, but actually life itselfis a sort of data-gathering endeavor. ![]() Ever wonder how we make decisions? Learn a second language (or our first)? Navigate a preschool classroom? Learn which colors combine to make others? ![]()
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