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

小行星9730804 位于布法罗的纽约的州立大学计划开发示范性的学前2年级课程材料，这将使幼儿建立坚实的内容知识，并提高他们的高阶思维能力。 这种方法是“在儿童活动中发现数学”和“从儿童活动中发展数学”。“活动将根据儿童的经验和兴趣而设计，重点是支持数学的发展。 这些材料将强调发展基本的数学积木-分为两个领域：（a）空间和几何能力和概念以及（B）数字和数量概念。 将有三个数学子主题，模式和功能，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”，以达到日益丰富但要求较高的教学和数学水平。 将根据以研究为基础的设计模式，为各种情况开发“积木”。 这些材料将支持和补充新的NCTM PreK-2课程和评估标准。 该项目有可能开发教学效果好的材料，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价，并对来自各种环境的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.