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Gripton, Catherine – Research in Mathematics Education, 2023
Pattern is fundamental to mathematical learning yet pattern has been conspicuously low key within early mathematics curriculum guidance in England despite evidence that it predicts later attainment in mathematics overall. Whilst recent curriculum changes have seen pattern afforded enhanced status, this is within a conception of pattern that marks…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Pattern Recognition, Early Childhood Education, Mathematics Education
Gripton, Catherine – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2023
Research shows that attention to pattern and structure is fundamental to mathematical learning and attainment yet early mathematics curricula in England underplay the importance of patterning. In a critical realist notion of powerful knowledge, pattern teaching has the potential to empower children to notice patterns, mathematise their everyday…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Early Childhood Education, Mathematics Curriculum, Early Childhood Teachers