Development of Preschoolers’ Mathematical Patterning Skills Test: Validity and Reliability Study

Abstract

Patterning knowledge and skills help to understand the order of mathematics. The use of patterns inearly mathematics learning helps children to abstract and generalize mathematical thinking and relationships.Measuring the skills of children on patterning is a prerequisite for further development in this area, but thenumber of measurement tools assessing these skills is very limited. Therefore, the aim of this study was todevelop a test for assessment of the patterning skills of preschool children and to examine its validity andreliability. As a result of the analysis, two different tests, the 26-item long form and 17-item short form, weredeveloped. The results of the current study indicated that these forms are valid and reliable for the assessment ofpreschoolers’ patterning skills.