TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thompson,Ian
TI  - Teaching and learning early number
SN  - 033519852X
AV  - QA135.5 .T398 1997
U1  - 372.72 21
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Buckingham, Philadelphia
PB  - Open University Press
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Study and teaching (Primary)
KW  - Great Britain
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/mh051/96049718.html
ER  -