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Myhre, Cecilie Ottersland; Myrvold, Hanne Berit; Joramo, Unn-Wenche; Thoresen, Marianne – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2017
This article draws on new materialism, especially the work of Karen Barad, in order to explore curious encounters and intra-actions within the context of a Norwegian kindergarten. The article argues that intra-actions between both human and non-human agents can potentiate forms of learning as well as forms of knowledge that can be neither…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Workplace Learning, Aptitude Treatment Interaction
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Pitta-Pantazi, Demetra; Christou, Constantinos – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2011
Lamon ("Teaching fractions and ratios for understanding. Essential content knowledge and instructional strategies for teachers," 2nd edn. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, 2005) claimed that the development of proportional reasoning relies on various kinds of understanding and thinking processes. The critical components suggested were…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Numbers, Concept Formation, Kindergarten
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Barman, Charles R.; Stein, Mary; Barman, Natalie S.; McNair, Shannan – Science and Children, 2003
Last fall, "Science and Children" invited kindergarten to grade eight teachers to participate in a study investigating students' ideas about plants and plant growth (Barman et al. 2002). Two hundred twenty-seven individuals from 16 states in the United States, one U.S. Territory, and one Canadian Province responded to this invitation and…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Elementary School Teachers