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Math and Science for Young Children, 8th Edition

Rosalind Charlesworth, Ph.D.

  • Copyright 2016
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Math and Science for Young Children 8th Edition by Rosalind Charlesworth, Ph.D.
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MATH AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, Eighth Edition, introduces readers to engaging math and science experiences for early childhood and early elementary education programs, and provides an organized, sequential approach to creating a developmentally appropriate math and science curriculum. The content aligns with key guidelines and standards: The National Association for the Education of Young Children's (NAEYC) Professional Preparation Standards (2010); Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) guidelines; Common Core Mathematics Standards; and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The book also addresses STEM/STEAM and the essential domains of child growth and development during the crucial birth-through-eight age range. A valuable resource for the student/future teacher, working professional, or involved parent, MATH AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN emphasizes the interrelatedness of math and science and how they can be integrated into all other curriculum areas.

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Rosalind Charlesworth, Ph.D.

Rosalind Charlesworth, Ph.D., was professor emerita and retired department chair in the Department of Child and Family Studies at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. Dr. Charlesworth’s career in early childhood education included experiences with both typical and non-typical young children in laboratory schools, public schools and day care centers, plus research in social and cognitive development and behavior. Throughout her career, she was known for her contributions to research on early childhood teachers' beliefs and practices.

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  • Learning Objectives at the beginning of each chapter now correlate with main headings within the chapter and with the end-of-chapter summaries. The objectives focus students' reading and show them what they should know, understand, and be able to demonstrate or apply after completing the chapter.
  • Improved integration of early childhood and primary grades professional standards helps students make connections between what they learn in the text and the standards. A list of standards to be covered--including NAEYC's Professional Preparation Standards (2010), Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) guidelines, Common Core Mathematics Standards, and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)--now appears at the beginning of each chapter. Standards-related content is highlighted with icons. A complete list of the standards addressed in the book appears in a chart on the inside covers.
  • TeachSource Digital Downloads are downloadable and sometimes customizable resources that allow students to immediately implement and apply the textbook's content in the field. Students can download these tools and keep them forever, enabling preservice teachers to begin building a library of practical, professional resources. A TeachSource Digital Download label identifies these items throughout the text.
  • MindTap™ for Education is a first-of-its kind digital solution that prepares future teachers by providing them with the knowledge, skills, and competencies they must demonstrate to earn an education degree and state licensure, and to begin a successful career. Through activities based on real-life teaching situations, MindTap elevates students' thinking by giving them experiences in applying concepts, practicing skills, and evaluating decisions--guiding them to become reflective educators.
  • TeachSource Videos present footage from the classroom to help students relate key chapter content to real-life scenarios. The videos are introduced in the text, accompanied by critical-thinking questions that provide opportunities for in-class or online discussion and reflection.
  • Brain Connection boxes describe recent brain research related to the chapter material. Topics include the hope that brain-based research could someday provide clues to the best classroom practices for children with disabilities (Chapter 5), brain-based benefits of writing (Chapter 6), and promoting brain development (Chapter 12).
  • Updated Technology for Young Children boxes address the increasing role that technology tools are playing in children's education. Each box introduces resources for a particular topic or discusses related research.

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  • The book integrates math and science experiences into other curriculum areas, following the current direction in early childhood education to promote integrated learning. It can be used in integrated courses or separate math and science methods courses.
  • The content stresses problem-solving as the basis for concept development, and follows national standards and guidelines.
  • Assessment and instructional tasks are presented in developmental sequence.
  • The text integrates adaptations throughout for children with exceptionalities and includes coverage of preschool science.
  • The book integrates math and science experiences into other curriculum areas, following the current direction in early childhood education to promote integrated learning. It can be used in integrated courses or separate math and science methods courses.
  • The content stresses problem-solving as the basis for concept development, and follows national standards and guidelines.
  • Assessment and instructional tasks are presented in developmental sequence.
  • The text integrates adaptations throughout for children with exceptionalities, and includes coverage of preschool science.

Table of Contents

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Part I: CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE.
1. Development, Acquisition, Problem Solving, and Assessment.
2. Basics of Science, Engineering, and Technology.
Part II: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AND SKILLS.
3. Prekindergarten and Kindergarten Concepts and Skills.
4. More Prekindergarten and Kindergarten Concepts and Skills:
Early Geometry, Parts and Wholes, and Applications of Fundamental Concepts to Science and Engineering.
Part III: APPLYING FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS.
5. Pre-K/K Ordering, Measurement, and Data Collection and Analysis.
6. Integrating the Curriculum.
Part IV: SYMBOLS AND HIGHER LEVEL CONCEPTS AND ACTIVITIES.
7. Transitioning from Preschool to Kindergarten to Primary.
Part V: MATHEMATICS CONCEPTS AND OPERATIONS FOR THE PRIMARY GRADES.
8. Whole Number Operations, Patterns and Fractions.
9. Place Value, Geometry and Data Analysis, and Measurement.
Part VI: INVESTIGATIONS IN PRIMARY SCIENCE.
10. Overview of Primary Science, Life Science, and Physical Science.
11. Earth and Space Sciences, Environmental Awareness, Engineering, Technology and Science Applications.
Part VII: THE MATH AND SCIENCE ENVIRONMENT.
12. Materials and Resources and Math and Science in the Classroom and in the Home.

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MindTap Education for Charlesworth/Lind's Math and Science for Young Children, 8th Edition is the digital learning solution that helps instructors engage and transform today's students into critical thinkers. Through paths of dynamic assignments and applications that you can personalize, real-time course analytics, and an accessible reader, MindTap helps you turn cookie cutter into cutting edge, apathy into engagement, and memorizers into higher-level thinkers. MindTap will guide students to: know, remember, and understand concepts critical to becoming a great teacher; apply concepts, create tools, and demonstrate performance and competency in key areas in the course; prepare artifacts for their portfolio and eventual state licensure as they get ready to launch a successful teaching career; and develop the habits to become a reflective practitioner. As students move through each chapter’s learning path, they engage in a scaffolded learning experience designed to move them up Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy from lower- to higher-order thinking skills. Access to this product is valid for 6 months of usage.

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MindTap Education, 1 term (6 months) Instant Access for Charlesworth/Lind's Math and Science for Young Children

ISBN: 9781305392038
MindTap Education for Charlesworth/Lind's Math and Science for Young Children, 8th Edition is the digital learning solution that helps instructors engage and transform today's students into critical thinkers. Through paths of dynamic assignments and applications that you can personalize, real-time course analytics, and an accessible reader, MindTap helps you turn cookie cutter into cutting edge, apathy into engagement, and memorizers into higher-level thinkers. MindTap will guide students to: know, remember, and understand concepts critical to becoming a great teacher; apply concepts, create tools, and demonstrate performance and competency in key areas in the course; prepare artifacts for their portfolio and eventual state licensure as they get ready to launch a successful teaching career; and develop the habits to become a reflective practitioner. As students move through each chapter’s learning path, they engage in a scaffolded learning experience designed to move them up Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy from lower- to higher-order thinking skills. Access to this product is valid for 6 months of usage.