Early Childhood Mathematics Education Research: Learning Trajectories for Young Children

By Julie Sarama, Douglas H. Clements. 2009

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Evaluating and Improving a Learning Trajectory for Linear Measurement in Elementary Grades 2 and 3: A Longitudinal Study (2012, methodology): “Empirical basis for the hypothetical learning trajectory Using this theoretical framework, we reviewed and synthesized empirical accounts of children’s growing knowledge and strategies for length measurement during elementary years (Sarama & Clements, 2009).”
Socioeconomic Status and Preschoolers' Mathematical Knowledge: The Contribution of Home Activities and Parent Beliefs (2015, background): “Unfortunately, not all children begin school with the same level of mathematical competence (Sarama & Clements, 2009).”
Asset-Based Approaches to Equitable Mathematics Education Research and Practice (2018, background): “…to engage in challenging mathematical thinking and problem solving is often underestimated (Carpenter et al., 2014; Carpenter, Franke, Jacobs, Fennema, & Empson, 1998; Clements & Sarama, 2014; Leonard, in press; Sarama & Clements, 2009; Turner & CeledónPattichis, 2011; Turner et al., 2008).”
Evaluation of a learning trajectory for length in the early years (2011, methodology): “With experience, the level of thinking becomes robust, and progressions follow a predictable pattern of learning activity: first, there are ‘‘sensory-concrete’’ levels, wherein perceptual concrete supports are necessary and reasoning proceeds through limited cases; second, verbally based generalizat”
Not Just IQ: Patterning Predicts Preschoolers’ Math Knowledge Beyond Fluid Reasoning (2019, background): “Some theorists liken patterning to early algebraic thinking due to its emphasis on awareness of regularities and structural relationships (Carraher, Schliemann, Brizuela, & Earnest, 2006; Mason, Stephens, & Watson, 2009; Sarama & Clements, 2009).”
Enhancing Children's Spatial and Numerical Skills through a Dynamic Spatial Approach to Early Geometry Instruction: Effects of a 32-Week Intervention (2017, background): “According to Sarama and Clements (2009) geometry and spatial thinking are often ignored and minimized in early education settings (also see Clements & Sarama, 2011).”
Early mathematics assessment: validation of the short form of a prekindergarten and kindergarten mathematics measure (2012, methodology): “First, the US children do not fare well in mathematics in international comparisons and gaps may begin in prekindergarten (Ginsburg et al., 2008; Sarama & Clements, 2009).”
Executive Function Skills, Early Mathematics, and Vocabulary in Head Start Preschool Children (2017, background): “Children exposed to one such curriculum (i.e., Building Blocks; Clements, 2013) were found to improve on math outcomes over time, with corresponding growth in EF and early literacy skills (Clements et al., 2015; Sarama & Clements, 2009).”