Bottle Caps as Prekindergarten Mathematical Tools

Autor/inn/en	Raisor, Jill M.; Hudson, Rick A.
Titel	Bottle Caps as Prekindergarten Mathematical Tools
Quelle	In: Teaching Children Mathematics, 24 (2018) 6, S.370-377 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1073-5836
Schlagwörter	Early Childhood Education; Mathematics Instruction; Manipulative Materials; Teaching Methods; Concept Formation; Mathematical Concepts; Preschool Children; Learning Activities; Indiana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Hilfsmittel; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Lernaktivität
Abstract	Early childhood provides a time of crucial growth in all developmental domains. Prekindergarten is an optimal time for young children to use objects of play as a medium to explore new cognitive concepts, including mathematical structure. Mathematical structure plays an important role in providing students a means to reason about mathematics, communicate their mathematical thinking, and problem solve (NCTM 2014). Students need opportunities to connect verbal representations of mathematical situations to the physical, visual, contextual, and symbolic representations because language is critical in students' ability to develop concepts of cardinal numbers (Clements and Sarama 2007). This article describes how the authors used bottle caps to support prekindergartners in looking for structure and the activities they designed and implemented with three classrooms accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The article concludes by providing teachers of prekindergarten students with insights about using familiar objects as tools to consider structure with their students. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. 1906 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191. Tel: 800-235-7566; Tel: 703-620-9840; Fax: 703-476-2570; e-mail: NCTM@nctm.org; Web site: http://www.nctm.org/publications/teaching-children-mathematics/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01