Building Blocks--Foundations for Mathematical Thinking, Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 2: Research-based Materials Development

9730804 Clements 纽约州立大学布法罗分校计划开发示范性学前班二年级课程材料，使幼儿能够建立扎实的内容知识并增强他们的高阶思维能力。 该方法是“在儿童的活动中寻找数学”和“从儿童的活动中发展数学”。 活动将根据儿童的经验和兴趣进行设计，重点是支持数学成长的发展。 这些材料将强调基本数学构建模块的发展 - 分为两个领域：（a）空间和几何能力和概念以及（b）数字和定量概念。 将有三个数学子主题：模式和函数、数据和离散数学。 这些材料将逐步分层，以便用户能够“深入挖掘”它们，以达到越来越丰富但要求更高的教学和数学水平。 “构建模块”将根据基于研究的设计模型针对各种情况进行开发。 这些材料将支持和补充新的 NCTM PreK-2 课程和评估标准。 该项目有潜力开发有效的教学材料，作为内容和教学改革的工具，在多个层面进行形成性和总结性评估，并对不同环境下幼儿的学习产生积极影响。

9730804 Clements The State University of New York at Buffalo plans to develop exemplary PreK-grade 2 curriculum materials, which will enable young children to build solid content knowledge and to enhance their higher-order thinking skills. The approach is that of "finding the mathematics in," and "developing mathematics from, children's activities." Activities will be designed based on children's experiences and interests, with an emphasis on supporting the development of mathematical growth. The materials will emphasize the development of basic mathematical building blocks - organized into two areas: (a) spatial and geometric competencies and concepts and (b) numeric and quantitative concepts. There will be three mathematics sub-themes, patterns and functions, data, and discrete mathematics. The materials will be progressively layered so that users will be able to "dig deeper" into them in order to reach increasingly rich, but demanding, pedagogical and mathematical levels. The "Building Blocks" will be developed for a wide variety of situations according to a research-based design model. These materials will support and complement the new NCTM PreK-2 Curriculum and Evaluation Standards. This project has the potential to develop pedagogically efficacious materials that will serve as tools of content and pedagogical reform, to conduct formative and summative evaluations at multiple levels, and to have a positive effect on learning of young children from a variety of settings.