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Niehues, Wenke; Kisbu-Sakarya, Yasemin; Selcuk, Bilge – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: Children differ in their ability to adapt to elementary school. Yet, the family factors that foster a successful transition to elementary school are less well understood. Family cohesion as an indicator of a positive emotional climate within families may play an important role for children's ability to adapt to school. Thus,…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Family Environment, Family Influence, Elementary School Students
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Lambert, Rachel; Imm, Kara; Williams, Dina A. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2017
In this article, the authors illustrate how the practice of number strings--used regularly in a classroom community--can simultaneously support computational fluency and building conceptual understanding. Specifically, the authors will demonstrate how a lesson about multi-digit addition (CCSSM 2NBT.B.5) can simultaneously serve as an invitation to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Computation, Addition
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Empson, Susan B. – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2014
Decision making during instruction that is responsive to children's mathematical thinking is examined reflexively by the researcher in the context of teaching second graders. Focus is on exploring how the research base on learning informs teaching decisions that are oriented to building on children's sound conceptions. The development of four…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Young Children, Mathematical Logic, Grade 2
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Sparrow, Len – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2004
Recently, the author has been fortunate to be a visitor in a number of classrooms in the United States, England and Europe. On one such visit to an Elementary School in Columbia, Missouri, the teachers accepted him into their normal classrooms for their normal lessons. He moved between three classes: Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 4. A snapshot…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 2, Grade 1, Problem Solving