Excellence in Mathematics

This research lays out the critical areas that should be the focus of young children's early mathematics education, explores the extent to which they are currently being incorporated in early childhood settings, and identifies the changes needed to improve the quality of mathematics experiences for young children. This book serves as a call to action to improve the state of early childhood mathematics. It will be especially useful for policy makers and practitioners-those who work directly with children and their families in shaping the policies that affect the education of young children.

by Tom Lowrie (Editor), Robyn Jorgensen (Zevenbergen) (Editor)
Represents a multi-disciplinary investigation of the influence and impact digital games have on young students’ mathematics engagement
Focuses on engagement in out-of-school contexts and learning situations beyond classrooms
Additional video and graphics will add depth and richness to the text, providing a more dynamic and multi-modal representation of research in digital learning contexts
Features mathematics ideas through multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary lenses

Efforts to improve mathematics teaching and learning globally have led to the ever-increasing interest in searching for alternative and effective instructional approaches from others. Students from East Asia, such as China and Japan, have consistently outperformed their counterparts in the West. Yet, Bianshi Teaching (teaching with variation) practice, which has been commonly used in practice in China, has been hardly shared in the mathematics education community internationally.