101. Preschool addresses language arts as well as mathematics kindergarten competencies. The teachers will pose mathematics problems to the children that arise out of http://www.gse.buffalo.edu/org/buildingblocks/NewsLetters/Preschool_DHC.htm

Mathematics for Young Children Douglas H. Clements State University of New York at Buffalo A version of this paper has been published as: "Clements, D. H. (1999). Playing math with young children. Curriculum Administrator, 35(4), 25-28." Note Time to prepare this material was partially provided by two National Science Foundation Research Grants, ESI-9730804, "Building Blocks—Foundations for Mathematical Thinking, Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 2: Research-based Materials Development" and ESI-9814218, "Planning for Professional Development in Pre-School Mathematics: Meeting the Challenge of Standards 2000." Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Mathematics for Young Children Is mathematics for young children just "getting ready" for school? Or is it one more pressure on children who will be deprived of their childhoods? Neither, if done well. Good early mathematics is broader and deeper than early practice on "school skills." Quality mathematics is a joy, not a pressure. It is the sum of the experiences children have from birth related to number, space, and patterns. It includes the parent placing cereal in a toddler’s hands, saying, "Here are two pieces. One, two!" It includes drawing a "treasure map" of the backyard. It includes noticing that two chants for skipping rope have the same pattern.

102. NEA: Works4Me Tips Library - Content - Math In her book Overcoming math Anxiety, Sheila Tobias says, . Here are techniques that teachers are using to help their students become comfortable with http://www.nea.org/tips/content/math.html

document.write(''); NEA Home Member Home In the Classroom Lesson Ideas ... Members Only registration required Select below to see your state affiliate website: -select state- AL AK AR AZ CA CO CT DE Federal FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VT WA WI WV WY In her book Overcoming Math Anxiety , Sheila Tobias says, "... I believe that a slight discomfort with mathematics acquired in elementary or secondary school can develop into a full-fledged syndrome of anxiety and avoidance by the time one has graduated from school and gone to work." Here are techniques that teachers are using to help their students become comfortable with math, from simulations on the Internet to practicing measurements in the bathtub. Math Manipulatives Real Life Math Shortcuts Miscellaneous Math Manipulatives From Sue Kast, Skast@aol.com , a fifth grade teacher at Vintage Hills in Pleasanton, California: Transparent Protractors "Each year before I start my geometry unit I run off a class set of protractors made on transparencies. I lay the protractors right on the glass of the Xerox machine and copy them onto the transparency film. I can usually fit seven on a page. I cut them out and give them to my class. This way everyone has one and if it is lost, it can easily be replaced. They are small enough to be used to take measurements right in their books and since they're transparent, they are much easier to read." From Susan Hopkins

103. Research Proposal : Tiffany Poche' Even though 21% of kindergarten teachers surveyed in a study reported that they rate their current mathematics instructional practices as inadequate, http://www.selu.edu/Academics/Education/EDF600/poche.htm

Running head: MANIPULATIVE USE AND MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE Manipulative Use and its Effectiveness on Kindergarten Students’ Mathematics Performance Tiffany A. Poche’ Southeastern Louisiana University Abstract This quasi-experimental study will examine the effectiveness of daily manipulative useon student performance on the Bracken Basic Concept Scale (BBCS) when compared to student performance on the BBCS of students not exposed to daily manipulative use. The subjects in this study will be 180 kindergarten students. The kindergarten form of the diagnostic scale (DS) of the BBCS will be administered as a pretest to both the treatment and control groups. Over the course of the school year, the treatment group will be taught mathematics through the use of manipulatives, while the control group will be taught using more traditional methods. The first grade form of the DS of the BBCS will be administered as a posttest to both the treatment and control groups. The results of the study should help educators determine an effective way of approaching mathematics instruction at the kindergarten level. Manipulative Use and its Effectiveness on Kindergarten Students’ Mathematics Performance Mathematics instruction and the way teachers look at and think about mathematics instruction has changed greatly over the past several years. Trends of the past consisted largely of drill and practice work. Little emphasis was placed on meaning. Then a "back-to-the-basics" movement came about in order to insure that children would learn basic mathematical concepts. These approaches haven’t necessarily failed, however, the realization has surfaced that a serious look needs to be taken at the way mathematics instruction in the kindergarten is approached, and at possible more effective or alternative approaches.

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