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Abstract

This instructional project planned and implemented mathematical instruction for young children based upon recommendations by both the National Association for the Education for Young Children and the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics. Specifically, the project presented children with a variety of geometric problem solving tasks that involved spatial reasoning. Two kinds of geometric materials, pattern blocks and tangrams, were used together with a set of frames designed to provide problem solving tasks. Examples of children's work and insights into the knowledge they constructed are presented. The tasks appeared to be interesting and appropriate. The children engaged in the tasks purposefully, and demonstrated a high level of problem solving strategies and mathematical reasoning.

Year of Submission

1994

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Education

Department

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Department

Division of Early Childhood Education

First Advisor

Dave R. Trafton

Second Advisor

Charles R. May

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Date Original

1994

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1 PDF file (64 leaves)

Language

en

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application/pdf

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