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Michèle M. Mazzocco; Margaret R. Burchinal; Ann C. Schulte; Deborah Lowe Vandell; Ashley Sanabria; Jin Kyoung Hwang; Carol McDonald Connor – Grantee Submission, 2024
To provide a landscape of mathematics activities children experience in U.S. preschool and kindergarten classrooms, we observed time children spent in mathematics activities (and -- as a contrast -- literacy) in 101 geographically diverse early childhood classrooms in seven U.S. states. We also observed what mathematics content, grouping…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Activities
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Bardy, Thomas; Holzäpfel, Lars; Leuders, Timo – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2021
Tasks play a central role in the mathematics classroom. Especially when teaching in a heterogeneous mathematics class, teachers should be able to find, select, modify, and assign tasks adequately. The focus in this paper is on adaptivity to cognitively activate all learners at the individual level, and on teachers' abilities to allow for such…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Individualized Instruction, Educational Research, Teacher Attitudes
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Petersson, Jöran; Sayers, Judy; Rosenqvist, Eva; Andrews, Paul – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2022
In this paper, motivated in part by evidence that Swedish teachers are sceptical of parents' abilities to offer appropriate support, we present an exploratory investigation of the activities Swedish parents initiate to facilitate their year-one (first grade) children's learning of mathematics. Data, derived from 25 semi-structured interviews…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parents as Teachers, Children, Grade 1
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Harper, Frances K.; Crespo, Sandra – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2020
This task structure both engages students in serious, grade-level appropriate mathematical work and allows the teacher to do the intentional and purposeful work of building a collaborative classroom culture. We highlight possibilities for adapting this task structure to teach different mathematics content across grade levels 3-5.
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Mathematics Activities, Learner Engagement, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
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Reed, Kristen E.; Goldenberg, E. Paul – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2016
Formative assessment is a process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides feedback to adjust ongoing teaching and learning to improve students' achievements of intended instructional outcomes. Formative assessment means assessment embedded in instruction. That definition was adopted in 2006 by the Council of Chief State…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Mathematics Instruction
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Lee, Joohi; Collins, Denise; Melton, Janet – Childhood Education, 2016
How can educators encourage and better prepare students to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)-based fields? To start, students are more likely to pursue these fields if they enjoy and perceive themselves to be good at them. This means introducing relevant concepts and skills at an early age and embedding them…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Preschool Children
Harris, Barbara; Petersen, Dana; Wulsin, Claire Smither – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2017
The brief explains how exposing young children to early math concepts supports their development of reasoning and problem solving skills and later success in and out of school. It describes the unique ways each of five family engagement programs funded by the Heising-Simons Foundation developed, tested, and integrated early math learning into…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Family Involvement
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Li, Xia; Chi, Liping; DeBey, Mary; Baroody, Arthur J. – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: The present study involved using a questionnaire to investigate the mathematics teaching practices of 74 U.S. and 67 Chinese early childhood teachers. Quantitative and qualitative analyses yielded several key findings. First, U.S. teachers are less intentional in mathematics teaching than their Chinese counterparts.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Mathematics Instruction, Questionnaires, Educational Practices
Moomaw, Sally – Brookes Publishing Company, 2011
Children who learn math fundamentals in preschool and kindergarten have the best chance of later achievement in school--but too often, children don't get the effective early math instruction that makes all the difference. Now there's a core early childhood textbook that helps current and future educators teach the most critical math concepts to…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Mathematics Education, Learning Activities, Textbooks
Johnston, Elisabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which a preschool program followed the recommendations outlined by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) in their joint position statement "Early Childhood Mathematics: Promoting Good…
Descriptors: Investigations, Mathematics Activities, Preschool Education, Young Children
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Hannibal, Mary Anne – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1999
Presents research findings and suggestions on how children learn to categorize shapes. Discusses specific ways to present developmentally appropriate activities designed to enhance children's understanding of basic shapes. Contains 12 references. (ASK)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Barrett, Katharine; Blinderman, Ellen; Boffen, Beatrice; Echols, Jean; House, Patricia A.; Hosoume, Kimi; Kopp, Jaine – 1999
This handbook is designed to help readers understand the educational philosophy and practice of the PEACHES (Primary Explorations for Children and Educators in Science) and GEMS (Great Explorations in Math and Science) programs, and to assist in using GEMS/PEACHES teachers' guides in schools and child care centers. The handbook outlines techniques…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Hands on Science, Mathematics