ED326393 SE051752
Title: Mathematics for the Young Child.
Author(s): Payne, Joseph N., Ed.
Author Affiliation: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc.,
Reston, VA.(FGK56560)
Pages: 316
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0-87353-288-0
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1906 Association
Drive, Reston, VA 22091 ($39.50; individual members, bookstores, or
orders of 10 or more copies to the same address receive a 20% discount).
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Guides--Classroom--Teacher (052)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Virginia
Journal Announcement: RIEAPR1991
Target Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
This book
is for teachers of children in preschool through grade 4. It is
designed to help teachers make important decisions about the mathematics
curriculum and give them some effective ways to help children attain
the mathematical power needed for everyday use and for future careers.
Relevant research in each chapter provides a framework and dependable
justification for the suggested curriculum and instructional strategies.
Instructional activities are interwoven to furnish practical and
useful ideas that teachers can modify and expand. Effective teaching,
viewed as an interactive activity, is a major goal of this book.
The intent is to help teachers understand the spirit of this interaction,
the way tasks should be presented, the kind of questions to ask,
the way manipulatives should be used to stimulate and develop thinking,
and the way children's responses should be used to make instructional
decisions. Included are 14 chapters: (1) "New Directions in
Mathematics Education"; (2) "Developing Mathematical Knowledge
in the Young Child"; (3) "Developing Problem-solving Abilities
and Attitudes"; (4) "Concepts of Number"; (5) "Place
Value and
Larger Numbers"; (6) "A Problem-solving Approach to the
Operations"; (7) "Strategies of the Basic Facts";
(8) "Whole Number Computation"; (9) "Fractions and
Decimals"; (10) "Geometric Concepts and Spatial Sense";
(11) "Measurement"; (12) "Graphical Representation
and Probability"; (13) "Using Microcomputers for Mathematics
Learning"; and (14) "Planning for Mathematics Instruction".
(KR)
Descriptors: *Career Education; *Cognitive Development; Computer
Uses in Education; Concept Formation; Elementary Education; *Elementary
School Mathematics; Experiential Learning; Instructional Materials;
Kindergarten; Learning Activities; Manipulative Materials; Mathematical
Concepts; *Mathematics Curriculum; Mathematics Education; Numbers;
*Preschool Education; Problem Solving; *Teaching Methods; Thinking
Skills
