Mathematical and analogical reasoning of young learners
By: edited by Lyn D. English
Series: Studies in mathematical thinking and learning; Studies in mathematical thinking and learning
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781410610706
Subjects: Mathematics; Reasoning in children; History & Philosophy; Study and teaching (Elementary); MATHEMATICS
Description: Mathematical and Analogical Reasoning of Young Learners provides foundational knowledge of the nature, development, and assessment of mathematical and analogical reasoning in young children. Reasoning is fundamental to understanding mathematics and is identified as one of the 10 key standards for school mathematics for the new millennium.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Mathematical and Analogical Reasoning in Early Childhood / Lyn D. English; title: Seeing the Possibilities: Constructing and Validating Measures of Mathematical and Analogical Reasoning for Young Children / Patricia A. Alexander and Michelle M. Buehl; title: Longitudinal and Cross-Cultural Trends in Young Children's Analogical and Mathematical Reasoning Abilities / Michelle M. Buehl and Patricia A. Alexander; title: Classroom Discourse and the Development of Mathematical and Analogical Reasoning / Shuhui Chiu and Myriam O. Tron; title: Portraying Mathematical and Analogical Reasoning in the Young: Three Case Studies / Debby Deal and Shanon Hardy; title: Teachers' Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices and Mathematical and Analogical Reasoning / C. Stephen White, Debby Deal, and Carla Baker Deniz; title: Case Studies of Teacher Beliefs, Knowledge, and Practices / C. Stephen White and Debby Deal; title: Commentary: Analogical Reasoning and Mathematical Development / Usha Goswami; title: Commentary: Toward a Cognitive-Sociocultural Psychology of Mathematical and Analogical Development / Giyoo Hatano and Tomomi Sakakibara; title: Promoting the Development of Young Children's Mathematical and Analogical Reasoning / Lyn D. English.