Children's mathematics : making marks, making meaning /: making marks, making meaning. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Maulfry Worthington and Elizabeth Carruthers.
• Other Names: Worthington, Maulfry; Carruthers, Elizabeth
• Contents: Who Takes Notice of Children's Own 'Written' Mathematics?; Children's Mathematical Graphics; International Findings; Studies That Relate To Mathematical Literacy; Enquiring into Children's Mathematics; Making Marks, Making Meaning; Children Making Meaning with Marks; Different Literacies: Mathematical Literacy; Children Represent Their Mathematical Actions and Understanding On Paper; Learning Theories; Reading and Using Mathematical Graphics; Sociocultural Perspectives Contexts in Early Years Settings; Teachers' Beliefs; Creativity in Mathematics; Summary; Mathematical Schemas; What Is a Schema?; Schemas and Mathematics; Schemas and Mark-Making; Observing Schemas in a School Setting; Mapping Patterns of Schema Exploration; Early Writing, Early Mathematics; The Significance of Emergent Writing; Young Children Explore Symbols; Early Writing and Early Mathematical Marks; Early (Emergent) Literacy Is Often Misunderstood; Conclusion; Bridging the Gap between Home and School Mathematics; Disconnections; Understanding Symbols; Mathematics as a Foreign Language; Becoming Binumerate; Teachers' Difficulties; Conclusion; Making Sense of Children's Mathematical Graphics; The Evolution of Children's Early Marks; Categories of Children's Mathematical Graphics; Common Forms of Graphical Marks; Early Development of Mathematical Meaning; Early Explorations with Marks; 'The Beginning Is Everything'; Early Written Numerals; Numerals as Labels; Representations of Quantities and Counting; The Development of Early Written Number, Quantities and Counting; Understanding Children's Developing Calculations; Practical Mathematics; The Fifth Dimension: Written Calculations; Representations of Early Operations; Counting Continuously; Narrative Actions; Supporting Children's Own Mathematical Marks; Separating Sets; Exploring Symbols; Standard Symbolic Calculations with Small Numbers; Calculations with Larger Numbers Supported By Jottings; The Development of Children's Mathematical Graphics: Becoming Binumerate; Conclusion; Environments That Support Children's Mathematical Graphics; Rich Mathematical Environments for Learning; The Balance between Adult-Led and Child-Initiated Learning; Role-Play and Mark-Making; The Physical Environment; Practical Steps; Graphics Areas; Conclusion; Case Studies from Early Childhood Settings; The Birthday Cards; A Number Line<br /> 'No Entry'; Carl's Garage; Children's Centres: The Cambridge Learning Network Project; Spontaneous Dice Game; Young Children Think Division; A Zoo Visit; Mathematics and Literacy in Role-Play: The Library Van; Aaron and the Train; Multiplying Larger Numbers; Nectarines for a Picnic; Conclusion; Developing Children's Written Methods; The Assessment of Children's Mathematical Representations On Paper; The Problem with Worksheets; Assessing Samples of Children's Own Mathematics; Examples of Assessment of Children's Mathematics; The Pedagogy of Children's Mathematical Graphics; Modelling Mathematics; Involving Parents and Families; Children's First and Continuing Educators; The Home As a Rich Learning Environment; What Mathematics Do Young Children Do At Home?; What Mathematics Do Parents Notice At Home?; Parents Observe a Wealth of Mathematics; Helping Parents Recognise Children's Mathematical Marks; Parents' Questions about Children's Mathematical Graphics; Conclusion; Children, Teachers and Possibilities; Inclusion; Children's Questions; Teachers' Questions; It's All Very Well - But What About Test Scores?; Reflections;
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (280 pages)
• Subjects: 372.7/044; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Great Britain; Mathématiques -- Étude et enseignement (Primaire) -- Grande-Bretagne; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Enseignement primaire; Enseignement des mathématiques; Aptitude numérique; Mathématique; Représentation mentale; Mathematics -- Teaching -- Preschool; Mathematics -- Teaching -- Primary schools; Great Britain; Grande-Bretagne
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446224373; 1446224376
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