Engaging children with ABA patterns on a computer tablet: filling in the blanks

Pessia Tsamir; Dina Tirosh; Ruthi Barkai; Esther Levenson

doi:10.1080/14794802.2018.1468809

Engaging children with ABA patterns on a computer tablet: filling in the blanks

Pessia Tsamir, Dina Tirosh, Ruthi Barkai, Esther Levenson^*

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School of Education

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Abstract

Several studies have investigated children’s engagement with repeating pattern tasks, but few have related to patterns with ABA as the minimal unit of repeat. This study focuses on identifying intuitive characteristics of children’s work as they engage with repeating pattern tasks of different structures, focusing on the differences between ABA patterns and other patterns. The 11 children in this study are between the ages of four and seven years and are observed as they play with a repeating pattern application on computer tablet. A qualitative study of three children’s interactions with the application, including an analysis of gestures, found that completing an ABA pattern was non-intuitive.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	110-126
Number of pages	17
Journal	Research in Mathematics Education
Volume	20
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14794802.2018.1468809
State	Published - 4 May 2018

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gestures
intuition
repeating patterns
touch-screen technology

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