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Proven Programs in Education is a series of books that draws on the best of Better: Evidence-Based Education, a unique magazine that provides leadership teams in education with the information they need. The series includes four titles: Proven Programs in Literacy; Proven Programs in STEM; Proven Programs in Social Emotional Development; Proven Programs in Classroom Management and Assessment
The Proven Programs in Education series is about research-proven strategies and programs that can be applied in practice. The authors distill their work and research into succinct, easily-digestible articles highlighting the practical implications that teachers, principals, and administrators can use. Each article includes links to further reading and resources that allow readers to delve more deeply into particular issues.
The Importance of the Early Years
The Importance of the Early Years
Research provides findings—some surprising—about the importance of math for young children. Douglas Clements and Julie Sarama explore these and suggest ways to build up children's mathematical concepts and skills.
Nearly a century ago two giants of psychology gave quite different impressions of the role of math in the lives and education of young children.
It seems probable that little is gained by using any of the child's time for arithmetic before grade 2, though there are many arithmetic facts that he [sic] can learn in grade 1.
Children have their own preschool arithmetic, which only myopic psychologists could ignore.
Throughout history, views of the role mathematics should play in young children's ...
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