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Work in Progress! :-) Slides for my SXSWedu presentation 2015 - Playing With Early Math to Close the Gap. #earlymath Early childhood education is gaining ground with state and national calls for universal PreK, early literacy & language initiatives, etc. But do you know about the importance of early math? Research shows that early math skills are most predictive of later achievement, and yet low SES students often start school 6-18 months behind. How can preschoolers play with early math concepts through hands-on and electronic games to build their school readiness skills? Learn about some of the interesting educational research and interventions that are boosting young children's beginning number sense, spatial thinking, and algebraic reasoning.
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Playing with Early Math to Narrow the Achievement Gap
Why Math in Early Childhood?
Why Early Math?
PISA 2012 – US is below the international average in math. Overall, the 15 year olds who attended preprimary education tend to have higher scores.
PISA 2012 In Focus 40 – Does pre-primary education reach those who need it most?
Retrieved from http://www.oecd.org/pisa/pisaproducts/pisainfocus/pisa-in-focus-n40-(eng)-final.pdf
Why Early Math?
Early math skills were the strongest predictor of later academic achievement, more so than early literacy or early social emotional development.
Duncan, G.J., Dowsett, C.J., Claessens, A., Magnuson, K., Huston, A.C., Klebanov, P., Pagani, L.S., Feinstein, L., Engel, M., Brooks-Gunn, J., Sexton, H., Duckworth, K., and Japel, C. (2007). School readiness and later achievement. Developmental Psychology, 43(6).
Retrieved from http://www.ncpat.org/blockfest/assets/docs/duncan-et-al_school-readiness-math.pdf
What is Early Math?
What is Early Math?
It is NOT worksheets, flashcards, or drill & kill!
What is Early Math?
It is seeing patterns in the world, playing games, building with blocks, and 'talking math'.
What kinds of games?
Early Math Games Highlights
Board games – moving from logarithmic to linear thinking about numbers.
Ramani, G., & Siegler, R.S. (2008). Promoting broad and stable improvements in low-income children’s numerical knowledge through playing number board games. Child Development 79, 375–394.Retrieved from http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~siegler/Ram-Sieg2008.pdf
Early Math Games Highlights
Tablet & transmedia games – some initial best practices and good results.
Presser, A. L., Vahey, P., & Zanchi, C. (2013, 24-27 June). Designing early childhood math games: a research-driven approach. Paper presented at the International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC 2013), New York, NYRetrieved from http://cct.edc.org/sites/cct.edc.org/files/publications/IDC%20Short%20Paper%202013_FinalpaperSUBMITTEDv3.pdf
McCarthy, B., Li, L., Tiu, M., & Atienza, S. (2013, 24-27 June) PBS KIDS Transmedia Suites in Preschool Homes. Paper presented at the International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC 2013), New York, NYRetrieved from http://www.wested.org/online_pubs/resource1283B.pdf
Early Math Games Highlights
Interventions involving physical and electronic early math games show significant results for low SES students – Building Blocks
Clements, D. H., & Sarama, J. (2007). Effects of a preschool mathematics curriculum: Summative research on the Building Blocks Project. Journalfor Research in Mathematics Education, 38, 136–163.Retrieved from http://gse.buffalo.edu/fas/clements/files/clements_bb_jrme.pdf
