Number Sense: Quantity Discrimination
Show a little kid two sticks of cotton candy – one big and the other small. Ask which one they want. If he or she likes cotton candy at all, chances are the default choice is the larger stick of candy. Why? Because most people enjoy eating sweet treats, and they want the stick with more cotton candy. The child looked at the two sets, compared the size, and determined which one is more. That skill is called visual discrimination, and it’s the underpinning for our topic today – Quantity Discrimination. What is Quantity Discrimination? Now consider two sets of lollipops. The first is just a single lollipop. The second set has 4. Ask a group of kids which set they would like to have.
Number Sense: Quantity Discrimination
Show a little kid two sticks of cotton candy – one big and the other small. Ask which one they want. If he or she likes cotton candy at all, chances are the default choice is the larger stick of candy. Why? Because most people enjoy eating sweet treats, and
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