Creative Construction of Mathematics
and Science Concepts in Early Childhood

This publication presents educators with effective teaching/learning models that will challenge early childhood-age children to creatively construct mathematics and science concepts.

• Chapter One contains a review of information about the developmental levels of children in relation to mathematics and science learning as well as how children acquire mathematics and science knowledge.
• Chapter Two includes an adapted Learning Cycle Lesson format (5E - Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Expansion, and Evaluation) for children and provides a review of the history of the original model.
• Chapter Three includes a discussion of Jerome Bruner's emphasis on children attaining concepts through inductive reasoning.
• Chapter Four introduces the Concept Mapping technique and provides a discussion of the format for implementation with early childhood-age children.
• Chapter Five includes a summary of the critical thinking models for early childhood-age children included in this book. An emphasis is placed on the overall benefits of the presented teaching/learning models, and on the need to incorporate critical thinking into the early childhood mathematics and science curriculum.

Nancy L. Gallenstein. 2003. 96 pp. ISBN-13 978-0-87173-159-3
No. 1030 $22.00 ($17.60 ACEI members)

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