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A Window into Mathematical Modeling in Kindergarten

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Exploring Mathematical Modeling with Young Learners

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Authentic mathematical modeling in the kindergarten classroom becomes feasible by recognizing and building on children’s ideas, which they construct, discuss, and represent in developmentally appropriate forms. This chapter present a case of mathematical modeling teaching and learning in a kindergarten classroom.

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    Cf. http://www.corestandards.org/wp-content/uploads/Math_Standards1.pdf

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    Retrieved from https://www.nctm.org/uploadedFiles/Standards_and_Positions/Position_Statements/Linking%20Research%20and%20Practice.pdf, November 1, 2018

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    The GAIMME report is available at https://www.siam.org/Publications/Reports/Detail/Guidelines-for-Assessment-and-Instruction-in-Mathematical-Modeling-Education

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    For more information about the electronic platform see: https://web.seesaw.me

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    Our use of the phrase “children’s mathematics” draws on Steffe and Thompson’s (2000) notion of “student’s mathematics.” Thus, by “children’s mathematics” we mean the mathematics we, as observers, attribute to children and that is indicated by “what they say and do as they engage in mathematical activity” (p. 268). Children’s mathematics can differ from the standard canon of mathematics.

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  2. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, USA

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  3. Pomona Unified School District, Pomona, CA, USA

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    Megan H. Wickstrom

  3. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Lyn D. English

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Stankiewicz-Van Der Zanden, R., Brown, S., Levy, R. (2021). A Window into Mathematical Modeling in Kindergarten. In: Suh, J.M., Wickstrom, M.H., English, L.D. (eds) Exploring Mathematical Modeling with Young Learners. Early Mathematics Learning and Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63900-6_12

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