This definitive fourth edition synthesizes the research and wisdom of expert teachers on how young children learn mathematics and how effective teachers support their development with learning trajectories. The learning trajectories approach builds on what children know and can do, using activities tailored to develop the next level of thinking. By focusing on the inherent delight and curiosity behind young childrens mathematical reasoning, learning trajectories make teaching more joyful. Through helping teachers understand the varying levels of childrens thinking and learning, this approach allows teachers to better meet the learning needs of all children. This thoroughly revised edition builds on the comprehensive research base of past volumes while drawing on numerous new research studies, expanded international examples, and updated illustrations. Chapters are also more closely linked with Learning and Teaching with Learning Trajectories [ LT]²an open-access, web-based tool that includes videos, interactive games, and practical classroom resources to help early childhood educators understand how children think and learn about mathematics. Ideal as a curriculum planning resource for mathematics administrators and leaders, as a professional development resource for early math teachers, and as a resource for math methods courses, this book brings the authors' nationally recognized learning trajectories approach directly into your classroom.
1. Young Children and Mathematics Learning
2. Quantity, Number, and
Subitizing
3. Verbal and Object Counting
4. Comparing, Ordering, and
Estimating
5. Arithmetic: Early Addition and Subtraction and Counting
Strategies
6. Arithmetic: Composition of Number, Place Value, Multidigit
Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, and Fractions
7.
Spatial Thinking
8. Shape
9. Composition and Decomposition of Shapes
10.
Geometric Measurement: Length
11. Geometric Measurement: Area, Volume, and
Angle
12. Other Content Domains: Patterns, Structure, and Algebraic Thinking;
Classication and Data
13. Mathematical Processes and Practices
14. Cognition
and Affect
15. Early Childhood Mathematics Education for All: Contexts,
Curricula, and Cultures
16. Instructional Practices and Pedagogical Issues
Douglas H. Clements is a Distinguished University Professor, the Kennedy Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Learning, and the Co-Executive Director of the Marsico Institute of Early Learning, University of Denver, USA.
Julie Sarama is a Distinguished University Professor, the Kennedy Endowed Chair in Innovative Technology, and the Co-Executive Director of the Marsico Institute of Early Learning, University of Denver, USA.
