Probability in Early Childhood: A Look from the Current Situation to the Future

Authors : Pınar Gürler Ağaçkıran, Durmuş Aslan, Kamuran Tarım

Pages : 460-496

Doi:10.14812/cuefd.1413232

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Publication Date : 2025-04-30

Article Type : Review Paper

Abstract :In recent years there has been a growing interest in fostering probabilistic thinking in early childhood. An increasing number of countries include the subject of probability in their early childhood curricula, and the topic has attracted greater attention in academic research. The aim of this study is to critically review the theoretical and developmental aspects of probability in early childhood education and to draw conclusions based on the results of previous research. The study also provides recommendations for the future regarding this concept, which has not yet been adequately addressed in the early childhood education level in Türkiye. Existing research emphasizes the importance of probability by stressing that probabilistic thinking, which begins to develop in early childhood, supports a lifelong perspective. This study discusses probability, the basic components of probability, the framework of probabilistic thinking, probabilistic thinking in early childhood and existing studies, relevant curricula in early childhood education and their scope, instructional planning for teaching probabilistic thinking, and the place of probability in early childhood education in Türkiye.
Keywords : Erken Çocukluk, Matematik, Olasılık, Olasılıksal düşünme