This is a Math Thinking Story about a five-year-old preschool girl, who was interviewed towards the end of the school year in May. Here we explore her understanding of addition
Children can learn surprisingly sophisticated patterns related to the counting words. In this handout, Anna illustrates her understanding of the decades pattern in the English-language counting-word sequence.
Children are interested in order at an early age. When order has regularity (that is, size increases by a specific amount each time), the order becomes a pattern. This handout
Patterns can be notoriously difficult to define. This handout provides illustrations of teacher-child interactions that help take apart (and put back together!) patterns to support our understanding of pattern
Video used in teacher learning settings is a powerful tool for engaging participants in understanding children’s mathematical thinking. Yet by itself the video, no matter how wonderful, is not sufficient.
This is an assignment completed by one of my students in which she conducted a clinical interview exploring a young child’s mathematical knowledge, used the results of this formative assessment to guide
This 40-second video shows a young child’s understanding of spatial concepts such as in front of and behind. The video demonstrates that taking the child’s point of view can lead the adult to appreciate how an
