Teaching and learning early number /

Teaching and learning early number / Teaching & learning early number edited by Ian Thompson. - ix, 164 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The early years number curriculum today / Ian Thompson -- The numerical understanding and beliefs of pre-school children -- Children's beliefs about counting / Penny Munn -- Children's early learning of number in school and out / Carol Aubrey -- The place of counting in number development -- The importance of counting / Effie Maclellan -- Uses of counting in multiplication and division / Julia Anghileri -- The role of counting in derived fact strategies / Ian Thompson -- Compressing the counting process: developing a flexible interpretation of symbols / Eddie Gray -- Written number work -- When should they start doing sums? A critical consideration of the 'emergent mathematics' approach / Sue Gifford -- Writing and number / Penny Munn -- Mental and written algorithms: can the gap be bridged? / Ian Thompson -- Perspectives on teaching number -- Approaching number through language / Alan Wigley -- Developing young children's counting skills / Ian Thompson -- The role of calculators / Janet Duffin -- Teaching for strategies / Ian Sugarman -- The early years number curriculum tomorrow / Ian Thompson.

The beliefs and number understanding of nursery and reception children are examined, and a detailed account is provided of the role of counting in the acquisition of number understanding and in the development of derived fact strategies.

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Mathematics--Study and teaching (Primary)--Great Britain

QA135.5 / .T398 1997

372.72

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