Outputs (3)

Developing mathematical patterning in ECE classrooms: participatory research with teachers of 3–5-year-olds (2022)
Journal Article

Research shows that attention to pattern and structure is fundamental to mathematical learning and attainment yet early mathematics curricula in England underplay the importance of patterning. In a critical realist notion of powerful knowledge, patte... Read More about Developing mathematical patterning in ECE classrooms: participatory research with teachers of 3–5-year-olds.

Pattern in early years mathematics curriculum: a 25-year review of the status, positioning and conception of pattern in England (2022)
Journal Article

Pattern is fundamental to mathematical learning yet pattern has been conspicuously low key within early mathematics curriculum guidance in England despite evidence that it predicts later attainment in mathematics overall. Whilst recent curriculum cha... Read More about Pattern in early years mathematics curriculum: a 25-year review of the status, positioning and conception of pattern in England.

Spatial Reasoning in early childhood (2022)
Other

This document is about how children develop spatial reasoning in early childhood (birth to 7 years) and how practitioners working with young children can support this. Spatial reasoning is a vital and often overlooked aspect of mathematics. So this t... Read More about Spatial Reasoning in early childhood.