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Westwood, Peter – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2019
The author provides an overview of several theories of numeracy acquisition that, despite criticisms, have withstood the passage of time and continue to influence policy and practices in schools. These are followed by a brief review of some recent research in the domain of numeracy learning and teaching. The article ends with some of the current…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Learning Theories, Mathematics Skills, Child Development
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Lake, Vickie E.; Kelly, Loreen – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2014
The purpose of the current study was to examine if preservice teachers' (PSTs) mathematics anxiety decreased and if their beliefs and stereotypes changed after they completed their early childhood mathematics methods course. It was hypothesized that by using and modeling concrete materials or manipulatives (Thompson, 1992; Vinson, 2001) and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Beliefs, Stereotypes, Females