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Dyson, Nancy I.; Jordan, Nancy C.; Hassinger-Das, Brenna L. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2015
Kyle, a kindergartner from a low-income family, is shown a set of three black dots on a white mat. His teacher then hides the dots with a small box lid and lays down an additional set of two dots. She pushes the two dots under the cover, one at a time. Kyle must now choose the number of dots "hiding" under the box from a set of four…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Low Income Groups, Mathematics Skills, Computation
Howse, Tashana D.; Howse, Mark E. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2014
Geometry is the branch of mathematics that addresses spatial sense and geometric reasoning. Students begin to understand geometry through direct interaction with their physical world. Because it is the study of the physical attributes of the environment, geometry has relevance for every student; the world becomes a big classroom. As students see,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Geometry, Geometric Concepts, Mathematics Activities
Cwikla, Julie – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2014
Mathematics professor Julie Cwikla decided that she needed to investigate young children's understandings and see what precurricular partitioning notions young minds bring to the fraction table. Cwikla realized that only a handful of studies have examined how preschool-age and early elementary school-age students solve fraction problems (Empson…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Elementary School Students, Young Children, Mathematical Concepts