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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Assessing Early Learning through Formative Assessment: Key Issues and Considerations
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Dunphy, Elizabeth – Irish Educational Studies, 2010
At all levels of education the assessment of learning is generally regarded as an integral part of teachers' work. For early childhood teachers, i.e., those who work with children in the age-range birth to six years, there are very particular considerations arising from the characteristics of young learners and the nature of early learning. This…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Child Development
The Primary Mathematics Curriculum: Enhancing Its Potential for Developing Young Children's Number Sense in the Early Years at School
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Dunphy, Elizabeth – Irish Educational Studies, 2007
A sense of number is now generally recognised as a central factor in learning, and later applying, mathematics. Consequently, number sense is increasingly emphasised in curriculum documentation related to mathematics. The "Primary School Curriculum: Mathematics," published by the Government of Ireland in 1999, is no exception. It implicitly…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Number Concepts