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Williams-Pierce, Caro; Plaxco, David; Reimer, Paul N.; Simpson, Amber; Orrill, Chandra Hawley; Burke, James P.; Sinclair, Nathalie; Guyevskey, Victoria; Ellis, Amy B.; Dogan, Muhammed F. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2019
Mathematical play has a fairly short history, with strong roots further back in time (e.g., Papert, Montessori), and understanding the role of mathematical play from early childhood to adulthood is, as yet. unmapped. This working group will build on the success of last year's working group and continue to provide a community space to explore and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Play, Mathematics Activities, Age Differences
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Sinclair, Nathalie; Chorney, Sean; Rodney, Sheree – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2016
In this paper, we investigate the mathematical, social and affective nature of children's engagement with "TouchCounts," a multitouch application for counting and doing arithmetic. In order to study these dimensions of engagement in a way that recognizes their fundamental intertwinement, we use rhythm as a primary unit of analysis.…
Descriptors: Courseware, Arithmetic, Computation, Elementary School Students
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Sinclair, Nathalie; Crespo, Sandra – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2006
This article describes ways in which technology-supported mathematical investigation can engage students with substantive mathematics. It focuses particularly on the ways in which the NCTM Process and Content Standards for the elementary grades can be supported by the use of interactive software such as The Geometer's Sketchpad. (Contains 6…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Standards