Exploring science and mathematics in a child's world /

Davis, Genevieve A.

Exploring science and mathematics in a child's world / Genevieve A. Davis, J. David Keller. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Merrill/Prentice Hall, c2009. - xxv, 374 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 354-355) and index.

A child's world: how young children learn -- Nurturing child development: environments that promote learning -- The process of problem solving for children -- Measurement: a way to capture observation in mathematics and science -- Organizing data in science and mathematics -- Criteria for developing concept explorations -- Astronomy and space science -- Birds -- Clouds -- Insects -- Leaves -- Light and color -- Rocks -- Seeds -- Sun and shadows -- Toys and tools -- Water -- Wind.

9780130945228

2007028018


Science--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Mathematics--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Science--Mathematics.
Learning, Psychology of.

LB1585 / .D34 2009

372.35/044