Building the Foundation: Whole Numbers in the Primary Grades
The 23rd ICMI Study
Editors: Bartolini Bussi, Maria G., Sun, Xuhua (Eds.)
- First ICMI study to provide a broad critical survey of research on early childhood mathematics and Whole Number Arithmetic
- Produced through a comprehensive international study involving leading academics and designers in the field
- Considers trends and future directions for early mathematics teaching and learning
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This twenty-third ICMI Study addresses for the first time mathematics teaching and learning in the primary school (and pre-school) setting, while also taking international perspectives, socio-cultural diversity and institutional constraints into account.
One of the main challenges of designing the first ICMI primary school study of this kind is the complex nature of mathematics at the early level. Accordingly, a focus area that is central to the discussion was chosen, together with a number of related questions. The broad area of Whole Number Arithmetic (WNA), including operations and relations and arithmetic word problems, forms the core content of all primary mathematics curricula. The study of this core content area is often regarded as foundational for later mathematics learning. However, the principles and main goals of instruction on the foundational concepts and skills in WNA are far from universally agreed upon, and practice varies substantially from country to country. As such, this study presents a meta-level analysis and synthesis of what is currently known about WNA, providing a useful base from which to gauge gaps and shortcomings, as well as an opportunity to learn from the practices of different countries and contexts.
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- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Building the Foundation: Whole Numbers in the Primary Grades
- Book Subtitle
- The 23rd ICMI Study
- Editors
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- Maria G. Bartolini Bussi
- Xuhua Sun
- Series Title
- New ICMI Study Series
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-63555-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-63555-2
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-63554-5
- Series ISSN
- 1387-6872
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXXI, 536
- Number of Illustrations
- 157 b/w illustrations
- Topics
