num_pages: 144
description: With profound implications for classroom practice, this text examines the significance of children's understanding and learning of mathematical notations in their development as mathematics learners. Using a series of interviews and in-depth conversations with kindergarten and elementary school children, the author investigates young children's understanding of different mathematical notations, including written numbers and the written number system, commas and periods in numbers, notations for fractions, data tables, number lines, and graphs. Logically organized according to the ages of the children, with each chapter focusing on one to three children and one aspect of notations, this seminal work discusses key concepts
language: English
title: Mathematical Development in Young Children: Exploring Notations
titlecomplete: Mathematical Development in Young Children: Exploring Notations (Ways of Knowing in Science and Mathematics Series)
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Teachers College Press