The Baby with the Bath Water.

Merttens, Ruth

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ERIC Number: EJ633575

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Publication Date: 2001

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The Baby with the Bath Water.

Merttens, Ruth

Mathematics Teaching, n176 p12-13 Sep 2001

Reacts to the publications "Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage" and "National Numeracy Strategy: Framework for Teaching Mathematics from Reception to Year 6" published by the Department for Education and Employment in Great Britain. Makes the case for the marrying of formal and informal, abstract and concrete approaches to mathematics education in the early years. (MM)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Mathematics Education, Number Concepts, Piagetian Theory

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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