Mathematics and Transition to School International Perspectives

This edited book brings together for the first time an international collection of work focused on  two important aspects of any young child’s life – learning mathematics and starting primary or elementary school. The chapters take a variety of perspectives, and integrate these two components in som...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Perry, Bob (Editor), MacDonald, Amy (Editor), Gervasoni, Ann (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2015, 2015
Edition:1st ed. 2015
Series:Early Mathematics Learning and Development
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Mathematics and Transition to School: Theoretical  Frameworks and Practical Implications
  • Part I The Mathematics Young Children Bring to the First Year of School
  • 2 Swimming Upstream in a Torrent of Assessment
  • 3 Assessing Young Children’s Mathematical Understanding: Opportunities and Expectations at the Transition to School
  • 4 Children’s Mathematical Knowledge Prior to Starting School and Implications for Transition
  • 5 Transition to School: Prior to School Mathematical Skills and Knowledge of Low-Achieving Children at the End of Grade 1
  • 6 Let’s Count: Early Childhood Educators and Families Working in Partnership to Support Young Children’s Transitions in Mathematics Education
  • 7 The Role of the Home Environment in Children’s Early Numeracy Development: A Canadian Perspective
  • 8 Mathematics Teachers Responding to Children’s Resources to Create Learning for All
  • 16 Early Mathematics in Play Situations: Continuity of Learning
  • 17 Mathematical Conversations that Challenge Children’s Thinking
  • 18Transition to School: Supporting Children’s Engagement in Mathematical Thinking Processes
  • 19 Listening to Children’s Mathematics in School
  • Part II Continuity of Mathematics Curriculum and/or Pedagogy as Children Begin School
  • 9 The Relationship Between Policy and Practice in the Early Mathematics Curriculum for Reception-Class Children in England
  • 10 Scaling Up Early Mathematics Interventions: Transitioning with Trajectories and Technologies
  • 11 Partnerships that Support Children’s Mathematics During the Transition to School: Perceptions, Barriers and Opportunities
  • 12 The Culture of the Mathematics Classroom During the First School Years in Finland and Sweden
  • 13 A New Zealand Perspective: Mathematical Progressions from Early Childhood to School through a Child Centred Curriculum?
  • 14 The Impact of a Patterns and Early Algebra Program on Children’s Learning in Transition to School in Australian Indigenous Communities
  • 15 Preschool Mathematics Learning and School Transition in Hong Kong
  • Part III    Informal and Formal Mathematics and the Transition to School