DIVERSITY OF RESULTS IN RESEARCH IN THE DOMAIN OF PRE-SCHOOL MATHEMATICS AT KINDERGARTEN

Research guides the training of teachers and the development of teaching aids. How do changes in our society influence the interpretation of these research results? Are the results of the research independent of these changes or are there results that remain constant? Are the diversity of results and the differences between obtained data constant or not? In order to be able to answer those questions, we made a retro-analysis of data obtained in long term research and in repeated research. For this contribution we chose three groups of results which focused on the diversity in the child's strategies in the solution process and on the diversity in the results of the child's activity. We used data obtained in different years encompassing 300 - 960 children. In formulating the conclusion we added a new dimension, that of time.