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Olkun, Sinan – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2022
The purpose of this paper is to propose an effective learning environment for the initial stages of mathematical learning. Basic numerical skills and the objects and actions that trigger those skills are conceptualized as a mathematics-learning environment. We discuss numerical learning mechanism and the basic skills and environments we use to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Learning Processes, Mathematics Skills, Number Concepts
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Virginia Kinnear; David Moltow; Josh Mckenzie; Joanne Mulligan – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2023
The authors share the results of a research project involving the use of mathematics to develop students' Numeracy General Capabilities. The current article delves into an example of a teacher supporting 'good habits of mind' through focussing on the Critical Learning Disposition of accuracy.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Numeracy, Mathematics Skills, Teaching Methods
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Lazarus, Alan S. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2021
Culture and language play important roles in counting techniques, affecting how students learn math around the globe.
Descriptors: Numeracy, Language Role, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
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Salomonsen, Tone – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
Baroody, Lai & Mix [2006. The development of young childrens number and operation sense and its implications for early childhood education. In B. Spodek, & O. N. Saracho (Eds.), "Handbook of research on the education of young children" (2nd Ed., pp. 187-221). NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.] differentiate between four different learning…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Numeracy, Mathematics Skills, Direct Instruction
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Piantadosi, Steven T.; Tenenbaum, Joshua B.; Goodman, Noah D. – Cognition, 2012
In acquiring number words, children exhibit a qualitative leap in which they transition from understanding a few number words, to possessing a rich system of interrelated numerical concepts. We present a computational framework for understanding this inductive leap as the consequence of statistical inference over a sufficiently powerful…
Descriptors: Statistical Inference, Number Concepts, Models, Computation
Douglas H. Clements; Julie Sarama – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014
In this important book for pre- and in-service teachers, early math experts Douglas Clements and Julie Sarama show how "learning trajectories" help diagnose a child's level of mathematical understanding and provide guidance for teaching. By focusing on the inherent delight and curiosity behind young children's mathematical reasoning,…
Descriptors: Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Numeracy, Mathematics Education
Latham, Dorothy – Mathematics Teaching Incorporating Micromath, 2007
In the renewed "Primary Framework for Mathematics" for England, great emphasis is given to calculation and its prerequisites (DfES, 2006). Expectations are increased for calculations and the recall of number facts, with mental calculation owning a higher profile, while progression in written calculation is clarified. The greater focus on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computation, Number Systems, Manipulative Materials
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Klein, Mary – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2007
New times demand new interpretations of what it means to be numerate in a global world. Policy and curriculum documents uphold notions of capable young learners, actively engaged in investigative learning processes that will carry them on to competent and confident participation in the social and economic world of tomorrow. However, as the author…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Numeracy, Active Learning
Andrews, Paul; Sayers, Judy – Mathematics Teaching, 2003
Describes a lesson taught in primary school based on the use of linking cubes. Shows how meaningful mathematics can be made accessible to children and how fundamental issues of variant and invariant properties might be developed. (KHR)
Descriptors: Algebra, Curriculum Design, Elementary Education, Group Activities
Perso, Thelma – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2006
For over 30 years this author has been involved in the teaching and learning of mathematics and numeracy in Australian schools, teaching in high schools (Years 8-12) for more than 20 years at different school settings ranging from rural and remote to inner city, high socio-economic status schools to schools of students mostly from poorer, lower…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Classroom Techniques, Academic Achievement, Teaching Methods
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Lesh, Richard; Harel, Guershon – Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 2003
Describes similarities and differences between modeling cycles and stages of development. Includes examples of relevant constructs underlying children's developing ways of thinking about fractions, ratios, rates, proportions, or other mathematical ideas. Concludes that modeling cycles appear to be local or situated versions of the general stages…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Learning Processes, Mathematical Concepts