A study of rural preschool pracitioners' views on young children's mathematical thinking

Robert P. Hunting; Judith A. Mousley; Bob Perry

doi:10.1007/s13394-011-0030-3

A study of rural preschool pracitioners' views on young children's mathematical thinking

Robert P. Hunting, Judith A. Mousley, Bob Perry

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The project mathematical Thinking of preschool Children in Rural and Regional Australia: reasearch and practice aimed to investigate views of preschool pracittioners about young children's mathematical thinking and development. Structured individual interviews were conducted with 64 preschool practitioners from rural areas of three australian states. the questions focused on five broad themes: children's mathematics learning, support for mathematics teaching, technology and computers. attitudes and feelings, and assessment and record keeping. We review results from the interview data for each of these themes, discuss their importance, and outline recommendations related to teacher education as well as resource development and research.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	39-57
Number of pages	19
Journal	Mathematics Education Research Journal
Volume	24
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13394-011-0030-3
Publication status	Published - Mar 2012

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