Contemporary Research and Perspectives on Early Childhood Mathematics Education (Hardcover, 2018)

Themes Chapter Chapter Title Chapter author(s) Introduction 1. Research in early childhood mathematics education today Editors Pattern and Structure 2. Promoting early mathematical structural development through an integrated assessment and pedagogical program Joanne Mulligan 3. Repeating patterning competencies in 3- and 4-year old Kindergartners Miriam M. Luken 4. he influence of fostering children's pattern and structure abilities on their arithmetic skills in Grade 1 Ralph Kampmann, Miriam M. Luken Number sense 5. Ecuadorian Kindergartners SFON development: Contribution of Early Numerical Abilities and Quality of Mathematics Education Gina Bojorque, Joke Torbeyns, Minna Hannula-Sormunen, Daniel Van Nijlen, Lieven Verschaffel 6. Kindergartners' Spontaneous focus on number during picture book reading Sanne Rathe, Joke Torbeyns, Bert De Smedt, Minna M. Hannula-Sormunen, Lieven Verschaffel 7. Measurement makes numbers sensible Jill Cheeseman, Christiane Benz, Yianna Pullen Embodied action and context 8. Figuring Space: Circling three children's geometric reasonings... and sense Jennifer Thom 9. Observing the use of gestures in young children's geometry thinking Iliada Elia 10. Math-In-Context: A study of the types of math preschoolers 'do' at home Ann Anderson, Jim Anderson Technology 11. Time, immersion and articulation: Digital technology for early childhood mathematics Nathalie Sinclair 12. What schemes do preschoolers develop when using multi-touch applications to foster number sense (and why)? Anna Baccaglini-Frank 13. Interactive mathematics storybooks and their friends Herbert P. Ginsburg, Colleen Uscianowski, Victoria Almeda Teacher professional issues and pre-service teacher education 14. Early childhood teachers' knowledge and self-efficacy for evaluating solutions to repeating patterns tasks Pessia Tsamir, Dina Tirosh, Esther S. Levenson, Ruthi Barkai 15. Influences on early childhood educators' mathematics-related competencies, curricula and professional learning Audrey Cooke, Julia Bruns Conclusions 16. Early childhood mathematics education: Conclusions and moving forward