Teaching young children mathematics
Title:
Teaching young children mathematics
Author:
Schwartz, Sydney L. (Sydney Lisbeth)
ISBN:
9780313067945
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2005.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 212 p.) : ill.
Series:
Teaching young children
Teaching young children.
Contents:
The educational challenge: empowering young children to use mathematics -- Designing games and playful activities: meaningful contexts for practice and application -- How young children learn mathematics: content and process connections -- How young children learn number concepts and skills -- How young children learn geometry and measurement -- The connection between assessment and teaching -- How adults can communicate with young children about mathematics -- Calendars and clocks: tools for time management -- Science and mathematics: curriculum partners -- Social studies and mathematics: curriculum partners -- Meaningful use of mathematics in classroom routines -- Putting it all together: one model.
Abstract:
Children learn mathematics most effectively in contexts that are meaningful to them. Realizing the potential of these contexts for fostering young children's mathematical learning while nurturing and challenging them, requires knowledge of mathematics as well as of child development. Avoiding the debates surrounding hands-on learning vs. direct instruction, the author focuses on the value of different contexts for learning, and illustrates ways to genuinely engage children as active learners. The work is rich with examples of children's interactions with each other and with adults as they util.
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