Early Childhood Mathematics Education Research

Julie Sarama is Distinguished University Professor, Kennedy Endowed Chair in Innovative Learning Technologies, Co-Executive Director of the Marsico Institute of Early Learning at the University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA.Douglas H. Clements is Distinguished University Professor; Kennedy Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Learning; Executive Director, Marsico Institute of Early Learning at the University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA.

• PrefaceAppreciation the Funding AgenciesPart I: Introduction 1. Early Childhood Mathematics Learning Part II: Number and Quantitative Thinking 2. Quantity, Number, and Subitizing 3. Verbal and Object Counting4: Comparing, Ordering, and Estimating 5. Arithmetic: Early Addition and Subtraction and Counting Strategies6. Arithmetic: Composition of Number, Place Value, and Multidigit Addition and Subtraction Part III: Geometry and Spatial Thinking 7. Spatial Thinking 8. Shape 9. Composition and Decomposition of Shapes Part IV: Geometric Measurement 10. Geometric Measurement, Part 1: Length 11. Geometric Measurement, Part 2: Area, Volume, and Angle Part V: Other Content Domains and Processes 12. Other Content Domains 13. Mathematical Processes 14. Professional Development and Scaling Up NotesReferencesIndex

"Sarama and Clements’ landmark book provides a comprehensive review of psychological and educational research leading to new insights into young children’s mathematical learning and how it can be fostered. The authors’ "learning trajectories" approach blends a research-based appreciation of the developing child’s mathematical mind with practical educational goals and methods. The book is essential reading for all those with a deep interest in promoting an effective and enriched approach to early childhood mathematics education."-- Herbert P. Ginsburg, Jacob H. Schiff Foundation Professor of Psychology and Education, Department of Human Development, Teachers College Columbia University