Since psychologists are among the major contributors to the new book
"Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood"[Cross et al., (2009)], some
subscribers to TIPS, TeachEdPsych, and PsychTeacher might be
interested in a recent post "Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood"
[Hake (2009)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: "Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood: Paths Toward
Excellence and Equity" [Cross et al. (2009)] may be of interest to
math/science educators. Since, during July 2009, there have been over
70 Math-Teach posts on the thread "Kamii's Articles on Algorithms in
Arithmetic," I searched for "Kamii" on the online version of Cross et
al. (2009)] to find references to: (a) "Young Children Reinvent
Arithmetic: Implications of Piaget's Theory" [Kamii & Housman
(2000)], (b) "Measurement of length: The need for a better approach
to teaching" [Kamii & Clark (1997], and (c) "The development of
logico-mathematical knowledge in block building activity at ages 1-4"
[Kamii, Miyakawa, & Kato (2004). According to her website, Constance
Kamii studied under Jean Piaget, on and off for 15 years. Wikipedia
states that Kamii's ideas influenced the NCTM standards.
Incidentally, judging from the end-of-chapter references in Cross et
al., early childhood mathematics is currently more the province of
psychologists, cognitive scientists, and education specialists than
mathematicians. However, mathematicians might have much to offer,
witness the contributions of physicist Robert Karplus to early
childhood science instruction.
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands.
<[email protected]>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/>
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<http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com/>
REFERENCES
Cross, C.T., T.A. Woods, & H. Schweingruber, eds. 2009. "Mathematics
Learning in Early Childhood: Paths Toward Excellence and Equity,"
Committee on Early Childhood Mathematics; National Academies Press;
online at <http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12519#toc>.
Hake, R.R. 2009. "Mathematics Learning in Early Childhood," online on
the OPEN! AERA-L archives at <http://tinyurl.com/luayng>. Post of 27
Jul 2009 16:02:41-0700 to AERA-L, Math-Teach, Net-Gold, & PhysLnrR.
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