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Elia, Iliada; Evangelou, Kyriacoulla – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2014
Recent studies have advocated that mathematical meaning is mediated by gestures. This case study explores the gestures kindergarten children produce when learning spatial concepts in a mathematics classroom setting. Based on a video study of a mathematical lesson in a kindergarten class, we concentrated on the verbal and non-verbal behavior of one…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Spatial Ability, Concept Formation
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Elia, Iliada; van den Heuvel-Panhuizen, Marja; Georgiou, Alexia – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2010
The present study examines the cognitive activity that is evoked in young children when they are read a picture book that is written for the purpose of teaching mathematics. The focus of this study is to explore the effects of pictures on children's spontaneous mathematical cognitive engagement. The study is based on the assumption that the…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Mathematics Instruction, Cognitive Processes, Young Children
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Deliyianni, Eleni; Monoyiou, Annita; Elia, Iliada; Georgiou, Chryso; Zannettou, Eleni – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2009
This study investigated the modes of representations generated by kindergarteners and first graders while solving standard and problematic problems in mathematics. Furthermore, it examined the influence of pupils' visual representations on the breach of the didactical contract rules in problem solving. The sample of the study consisted of 38…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Mathematics Instruction