Count the corresponding objects for the numeral represented. The numeral “3” is represented with three “friends.” Number is the amount and the numeral “3” is the symbol.

One-to-one correspondence development

Recognizing and memorizing numbers is only one part of developing numeracy. Demonstrating one-to-one correspondence means being able to recognize “threes-ness” as connecting the number 1 (perhaps physically pointing) to the first friend, the number 2 to the next friend, and the number 3 to the last friend.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lesa M Covington Clarkson, PhD is Mathematics Education faculty member at the University of Minnesota where her research focuses on mathematics in urban settings. More recently this research has been using a critical lens to examine the experiences of underrepresented students in and beyond the eighth grade algebra course requirement.

As an educator with 4+ decades of experience in the classroom, she prepares students for success in real world mathematics and the study of traditional (classroom) mathematics. Dr. Clarkson defines “real world” mathematics as the math that people actually use in their careers and their day – to – lives.

No one should every think of themselves as “not a math person” because of negative experiences in classroom courses. Rather, her hope is for young people to “see” themselves as a math person from kindergarten throughout their formal education and in life. s leo.