2nd Grade Math
Series: Hear from the Experts
Online Math Games with Jan de Lange
September 19, 2013
Jan de Lange walks through a few educational math games available online. With degrees of difficulty bridging from Pre-K through 8th grade, these games extend the idea of learning trajectories.
- Topic: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Technology, Play, Jan de Lange
Series: Hear from the Experts September 18, 2013
Attitudes & Beliefs with Jie-Qi Chen
Jie-Qi Chen explains the importance (and difficulty) of fostering positive attitudes and beliefs in educators towards teaching mathematics. "Often professional development does not focus on attitudes and beliefs. Why? It's subjective. It's judgmental. It's difficult…
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Attitudes
Series: About the Collaborative September 18, 2013
NCQTL’s Real to Reel Research Presents: Early Math Collaborative
As part of their video series, Head Start's National Center on Quality Teaching and Learning describes in depth the Collaborative and its philosophy.
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Series: Book Ideas September 18, 2013
How “Big” is a Million?
Children like big numbers! Often before they can say all the numbers from one to one hundred reliably, children understand that one hundred is a lot. They quickly learn that one thousand is even more…
- Topic: Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags David Schwartz, Steven Kellogg, Count to a Million, Jerry Pallotta, Place Value, Books, How Much is a Million
Series: Hear from the Experts September 17, 2013
Math Education in Japan with Kiyomi Akita
Kiyomi Akita describes the current climate of math education in Japan.
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Series: Hear from the Experts September 17, 2013
Everyday Activities and Environments with Kiyomi Akita
Kiyomi Akita describes two facets of Japan's strong early math education program. "We encourage teachers to teach mathematics embedded in everyday learning activities."
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Series: Hear from the Experts September 17, 2013
Math On-the-Go with Angela Giglio Andrews
Angela Giglio Andrews shares an anecdote in which an order of french fries shared between a mother and her child led to questions involving measurement and other rich mathematical concepts.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Angela Giglio Andrews, Big and Small
Series: Hear from the Experts September 17, 2013
Math in Folk Tales with Oksana Igrakova
Oksana Igrakova describes some of the broad mathematical connections a teacher could create with the Russian folk story "The Giant Turnip."
- Topic: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Series: Hear from the Experts September 17, 2013
What Teachers Know About Math with Jennifer McCray and Jie-Qi Chen
Jie-Qi Chen and Jennifer McCray review answers they received from a survey administered to early education teachers. The survey prompted the teachers to imagine that they were giving advice to a new teacher, "Tina," who…
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Series: Hear from the Experts September 17, 2013
Imprecise Geometry with Doug Clements
Geometry and measurement are often difficult topics for young math students. Doug Clements argues that part of this problem stems from classroom materials that are inexact and misleading. "At its fundamental base, mathematics is about…
- Topic: Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Doug Clements
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