Teaching Children Mathematics · 2000 · 10 citations · 0 references
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How does a teacher recognize young mathematicians? What is the teacher's role in developing mathematicians? We asked ourselves and a group of other kindergarten teachers these questions as part of a professional development project titled Implementing Investigations in Mathematics (InMath). The purpose of the project is to support teachers as they implement Investigations in Number, Data and Space , one of the new mathematics curricula funded by the National Science Foundation. The Investigations program focuses on learning through exploration of mathematical ideas and encourages children to invent their own strategies and approaches for solving problems. For more information about Investigations , go to www.terc.edu/investigations .