Play articles

For each of the two articles you chose:

1. Summarize the article.
2. How does this article inform your understanding of how to teach through inquiry with young children?
3. How can play be utilized in early childhood math and science?

Week 8 Reflection (Mathematics in the Streets and Schools)

Describe the main points of this article. What implications does the research in this article hold for your own practice?

Week 5 reflection questions

Here are your questions for this week- post them before class time on 10/4. Remember-we will not be meeting next Monday- you will be completing your midterm electronically.

1. Why is documentation so important in early childhood math and science? How have you seen documentation used in early childhood settings?

2. What are the different types of curricula you read about in chapter 12? How are these curricula similar/different?

3. How would you structure your classroom environment after reading chapter 13?

Reflection Question: Week 4

Here are your questions for this week:

Lampert article: How does classroom discourse play a role in Lampert's "classroom community"? What are the roles of the teacher and student in her descriptions of what a math class should look like?

Textbook- Hypothesizing and generalizing are emphasized in the process standards for both science and math- in your observations of young children- how often are they engaged in these kinds of processes? Can you give some specific examples from your own experiences?

Reflection Question Week Two

Hi all,

Here is your reflection question for week 2:

How does the information in Chapters 3-5 inform your understanding of teaching through inquiry in early childhood math and science?

I am not going to post a question for the article- we will discuss it during class so make sure you have read it.

Enjoy your weekend!!

First Day of Class!

Hello all,

Welcome to EDEC895. This class provides you with an opportunity to examine the process standards in ECE math and science through the roles of the teacher and the student. Also, it gives you an opportunity to examine the current literature base for ECE math and science to gain a comprehensive understanding of how methods and content formed for teaching in these areas. This is not a methods course for teaching math and science- we will spend most of our time analyzing research literature and current pedagogical practices. You will also have an opportunity to explore a self-selected topic related to early childhood math and science at a deeper level.

You will be posting to your blog every week. Your blog is a forum for asking questions, making conjectures, and stating opinions about class topics and readings. I will post reflection questions for you to address each week- but feel free to extend your blog to meet your own needs. I will be checking your blogs weekly prior to our class meeting.

Reflection questions: Week 1

Your assignment for this week was to read the Brownell article and Chapters one and two in your textbook.

How does Brownell inform your current understanding of what it means to teach mathematics?

What is your definition of teaching through inquiry?