Early Mathematics Learning Selected Papers of the POEM 2012 Conference [Hardcover]

This book will gather current research in early childhood mathematics education. A special focus will be the tension between instruction and construction of knowledge. The book?includes research on the design of learning opportunities, the development of mathematical thinking, the impact of the social setting and the professionalization of nursery teachers.Gathering current research in early childhood mathematics education, this book focuses on tension between instruction and construction of knowledge. Covers development of mathematical thinking, the impact of social setting and professionalization of teachers.

Table of Contents

0-1 Introduction

Christiane Benz, Birgit Brandt, Ulrich Kortenkamp, G?tz Krummheuer,? Silke Ladel and Rose Vogel???????

0-2 A dance of instruction with construction in mathematics education

Norma Presmeg

1-1 It is quite confusing isnt it?  Implications of a National policy on mathematics teaching on the dance of instruction and construction of knowledge in the teaching of place value through manipulatives

Judy Sayers and Patti Barber

1-2 Mathematical teaching moments: between instruction and construction

Troels Lange, Tamsin Meaney, Eva Riesbeck, Anna Wernberg

1-3 I have a little job for you  Instructional practices in interaction processes between kindergarten teachers and young children in Germany

Birgit Brandt

1-4 The Relationship between cultural Expectation and the local Realization of a Mathematics learning Environment

G?tz Krummheuer

1-5 The Reflection of Spatial Thinking on the Interactional Niche in the Family  Interactional Niche in the Development of Mathematical Thinking (NMT) in Familial Situations???

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