Adult Learners
Series: Adult Learning
Exploring Unit Block Relationships
February 25, 2019
Examining sets of unit blocks challenges educators to think about relationships of the blocks. A deeper understanding of the features of unit blocks empowers teachers to support children in ways that promote joyful math learning.
- Topic: Number Operations, Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Blocks
Series: Adult Learning February 25, 2019
Different Uses of Numbers with Anno’s Counting Book
Books are a powerful way to launch math investigations with children, but also with adult learners. Our Learning Labs often use picture books as a doorway into mathematics. Here, teachers explore multiple representations of the…
- Topic: Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten
- Tags Mitsumasa Anno, Anno’s Counting Book
Series: Adult Learning February 24, 2019
Math-Related Greeting Builds Safe Learning Community
Our Learning Labs open with greetings that serve the dual purpose of building a safe learning community while introducing a math topic in a fun, accessible way. Here, adults directly compare the lengths of paper…
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten
Series: Hear from the Experts October 24, 2018
Measuring Math Understanding of ELLs with Barbara Sarnecka and David Purpura
A panel of early math experts engage with the audience at Promising Math 2017 to consider the challenges of getting a true picture of what young children understand about numbers.
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Promising Math
Series: Hear from the Experts October 23, 2018
Creating Opportunities for Early Math with Rodrigo Gutiérrez
The role of play and importance of shared experiences in early math is discussed with Rodrigo Gutiérrez, Co-Director of the Center for Retention-Recruitment for Math Teachers at University of Arizona.
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Culture, Promising Math
Series: Hear from the Experts June 22, 2018
Instructional Tools to Integrate Language and Math Concepts with Halla Jmourko
Halla Jmourko discusses two innovative instructional tools for integrating language and math concepts in the classroom, The Cubing Game and Three Way Tie.
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Games, Promising Math
Series: Hear from the Experts March 26, 2017
Tangram Puzzles: Make One For Your Kids
Instructor Lisa Ginet explains how to make tangram puzzles, an ancient Chinese game made from seven shapes cut from a square. Over 6500 different arrangements can be made from these seven simple shapes!
- Topic: Spatial Relationships, Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Games
Series: Hear from the Experts October 25, 2016
Language, Culture, and Math Through Storytelling with Sylvia Celedón-Pattichis
Sylvia Celadón-Pattichis advocates storytelling as a means to vary the context of word problems to make them more relevant and accessible to young, dual-language learners.
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Culture, Promising Math
Series: Hear from the Experts May 7, 2016
“Ooh-Ooh Culture”: Answer-Getting Versus Collaborative Learning
Phil Daro compares and contrasts the answer-getting learning style of the United States with the collaborative learning style of Japan.
Series: Hear from the Experts April 22, 2016
Erikson Visits the White House for Symposium on Early Learning STEM
On April 21, 2016, the Early Math Collaborative was invited to the White House to attend its Symposium on Early STEM.
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners
- Tags Doug Clements
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