Contemporary Research and Perspectives on Early Childhood Mathematics Education

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Elia, Iliada (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Mulligan, Joanne (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Anderson, Ann (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Baccaglini-Frank, Anna (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Benz, Christiane (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: ICME-13 Monographs,
• Subjects: Mathematics-Study and teaching .; Child development.; Educational technology.; Learning.; Instruction.; Mathematics Education.; Early Childhood Education.; Educational Technology.; Learning & Instruction.

This book brings together a collection of research-based papers on current issues in early childhood mathematics education that were presented in the Topic Study Group 1 (TSG 1) at the 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-13), held at the University of Hamburg in 2016. It will...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• 1. Research in early childhood mathematics education today
• 2. Promoting early mathematical structural development through an integrated assessment and pedagogical program
• 3. Repeating patterning competencies in 3- and 4-year old Kindergartners
• 4. Τhe influence of fostering children's pattern and structure abilities on their arithmetic skills in Grade 1
• 5. Ecuadorian Kindergartners´ SFON development: Contribution of Early Numerical Abilities and Quality of Mathematics Education
• 6. Kindergartners' Spontaneous focus on number during picture book reading
• 7. Measurement makes numbers sensible
• 8. Figuring Space: Circling three children's geometric reasonings and sense
• 9. Observing the use of gestures in young children's geometry thinking
• 10. Math-In-Context: A study of the types of math preschoolers 'do' at home
• 11. Time, immersion and articulation: Digital technology for early childhood mathematics
• 12. What schemes do preschoolers develop when using multi-touch applications to foster number sense (and why)?
• 13. Interactive mathematics storybooks and their friends
• 14
• Early childhood teachers' knowledge and self-efficacy for evaluating solutions to repeating patterns tasks
• 15. Influences on early childhood educators' mathematics-related competencies, curricula and professional learning
• 16
• Early childhood mathematics education: Conclusions and moving forward.