Engaging Young Children in Mathematics: Standards for Early Childhood Mathematics Education

ISBN-13: 9780805845341 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 492 str.

Douglas Clements;Clements; Douglas H. Clements

Opis

Engaging Young Children in Mathematics: Standards for Early Childhood Mathematics Education brings together the combined wisdom of a diverse group of experts involved with early childhood mathematics. The book originates from the landmark 2000 Conference on Standards for Pre-kindergarten and Kindergarten Mathematics Education, attended by representatives from almost every state developing standards for young children's mathematics; federal government officials; mathematicians; mathematics educators; researchers from mathematics education, early childhood education, and psychology; curriculum developers; teachers; policymakers; and professionals from organizations such as the National Conference of Teachers of Mathematics and the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The main goal of the Conference was to work collectively to help those responsible for framing and implementing early childhood mathematics standards. Although it has its roots in the Conference, the expanded scope of the standards and recommendations covered in this book includes the full range of kindergarten to grade 2.
The volume is organized into two main parts and an online appendix (http: //www.gse.buffalo.edu/org/conference/). Part One, Major Themes and Recommendations, offers a framework for thinking about pre-kindergarten - grade 2 mathematics education and specific recommendations. Part Two, Elaboration of Major Themes and Recommendations, provides substantive detail regarding young students' understandings of mathematical ideas. Each Part includes five parallel subsections: "Standards in Early Childhood Education"; "Math Standards and Guidelines"; "Curriculum, Learning, Teaching, and Assessment"; "Professional Development"; and "Toward the Future: Implementation and Policy." As a whole the book:
* presents comprehensive summaries of research that provide specific guidelines for standards, curriculum, and teaching;
* takes the recent reports and recommendations for early childhood mathematics education to the next level;
* integrates practical details and research throughout; and
* provides a succinct, but thorough review of research on the topics, sequences, and learning trajectories that children can and should learn at each of their first years of life, with specific developmental guidelines that suggest appropriate content for each topic for each year from 2-year-olds to 7-year-olds.
This is an indispensable volume for mathematics educators, researchers, curriculum developers, teachers and policymakers, including those who create standards, scope and sequences, and curricula for young children and professional teacher development materials, and students in mathematics education, early childhood trainers, teacher educators, and faculty in mathematics education.

Spis treści

Part I: Major Themes and Recommendations 1. Major Themes and Recommendations Part II: Elaboration of Major Themes and Recommendations Section 1: Standards in Early Childhood Education 2. Standards for Preschool and Kindergarten Mathematics Education 3. Mathematics Curriculum in the Early Childhood Context Section 2: Math Standards and Guidelines 4. What is Developmentally Appropriate in Early Childhood Mathematics Education? Lessons from New Research 5. Pre-K to Grade 2 Goals and Standards: Achieving 21st-Century Mastery for All 6. The Role of Psychological Research in the Development of Early Childhood Mathematics Standards 7. The Developmental Bases for Early Childhood Number and Operations Standards 8. PSSM from a Constructivist Perspective 9. A Prospective Developmental Perspective on Early Mathematics Instruction 10. Geometric and Spatial Thinking in Early Childhood Education 11. Measurement in Pre-K to Grade 2 Mathematics Section 3: Curriculum, Learning, Teaching, and Assessment 12. Making Sense 13. Number Worlds: A Research-Based Mathematics Program for Young Children 14. Fostering Preschool Children’s Mathematical Knowledge: Findings From the Berkeley Math Readiness Project 15. Technology in Early Childhood Mathematics: Building Blocks as an Innovative Technology-Based Curriculum 16. Mathematics Problem-Solving Adventures: A Language-Arts-Based Supplementary Series for Early Childhood That Focuses on Spatial Sense Section 4: Professional Development 17. Early Childhood Mathematics Instruction: Seeing the Opportunities among the Challenges 18. The Early Childhood Collaborative: A Professional Development Model to Communicate and Implement the Standards 19. The Professional Development Challenge in Preschool Mathematics Section 5: Toward the Future: Implementation and Policy 20. Mathematics Guidelines for Preschool

O autorze

Clements, Douglas H.; Sarama, Julie; DiBiase, Associate Edito; DiBiase, Ann-Marie