April 21, 2014
This counting activity for young children is low stress and explores all the small things that really matter when trying out a new math activity for preschoolers.
A child estimates the number of cubes in a collection.
Charles Payne, Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor in the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago, makes points about the positive and negative traits of early learning administration in public school…
Collaborative Instructor Dr. Mary Hynes-Berry discusses math apps on the Fred Rogers Center blog.
"At Kohl Children’s Museum, we partner with a great team of early childhood researchers, professional development providers and teachers at Erikson Institute’s Early Math Collaborative. One of the methods they promote is Mathematizing Daily Experiences.…
Doug Clements argues that language arts and mathematics are not mutually exclusive skills.
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.
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…
As part of their video series, Head Start's National Center on Quality Teaching and Learning describes in depth the Collaborative and its philosophy.
Kiyomi Akita describes the current climate of math education in Japan.