Teaching Young Children Mathematics

by Sydney L. Schwartz

Book Overview

Children learn mathematics most effectively in contexts that are meaningful to them. Realizing the potential of these contexts for fostering young children's mathematical learning while nurturing and challenging them, requires knowledge of mathematics as well as of child development. Avoiding the debates surrounding hands-on learning vs. direct instruction, the author focuses on the value of different contexts for learning, and illustrates ways...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275982165
• ISBN13: 9780275982164
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.6"