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Douglas H. Clements; Karen C. Fuson; Julie Sarama – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2017
Teachers are on the front line in any educational controversy. Increasingly, some bloggers, newspaper articles, and other media have criticized the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) (CCSSI 2010) as being inappropriate for children in kindergarten and first grade. However, both research and expert practice reveal that children are…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
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Iliev, Nevin; D'Angelo, Frank – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2014
Incorporating the use of children's literature when teaching mathematics to young children is a developmentally appropriate practice: "Literature … provides a means for children to encounter mathematical concepts and vocabulary in the context of something familiar, a story" (Fogelberg et al. 2008). Moreover, introducing culturally…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Teaching Methods, Arithmetic
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Clarke, Doug M.; Downton, Ann; Roche, Anne – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2011
Considerable evidence shows that the number line is a powerful learning tool for children in elementary school. Diezmann and Lowrie (2006) noted several cognitive advantages for users, including opportunities to demonstrate the continuity aspect of numbers as well as the provision of a useful tool for representing and solving problems. However,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics