How are fortuity mathematical movements o mosquitoes represented in children’s drawings?
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2022Statistics
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Abstract
This exploratory and experimental research aims to describe randomness
expressed in 5 to 6-year-old children’s drawings. This study considers a six-day activity
developed in 5 Chilean kindergartens, with a total of 142 participants. The activity on the
mosquito’s flight considered the corporal movements to generate the idea of randomness in
children. The children drew the mosquito flight and described the flight. We qualitatively
analyzed and categorized the children’s drawings and verbal descriptions, dividing them into
static or dynamic representations. A second grouping was established in the dynamic
drawings: in one direction and random. The third division considers only random drawings:
(1) uncertain walk, (2) possible walk, and (3) casual walk. The results show that children in
this stage of development can express in their drawings some of the three basic notions of
randomness. The children expressed randomness through random stops, circular paths, and
arrows to mark positions or make decision possibilities of the mosquito