Students have an understanding of order irrelevance when they are able to count a group of items starting from different places.
The order in which items are counted is irrelevant.
Students have an understanding of order irrelevance when they are able to count a group of items starting from different places. For example, counting from the left-most item to the right-most and visa versa.
Consider digging into our Principles of Counting and Quantity Guide over on our Make Math Moments website.
[…] See this animation in video format here. […]
[…] counting from the left-most item to the right-most and visa versa. See this animation in video format here. While the order irrelevance principle may seem obvious to adults, many students hold the […]