Playing with Mathematics: How Play Supports Learning and the Common Core State Standards
International rankings show children in the United States perform well below average in mathematics. There are also large mathematics achievement gaps between children of lower- and higher-socioeconomic status. As today’s teachers face these challenges, they are also faced with the pressures of swee...
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| author | Jennifer Mary Zosh Brenna Hassinger-Das Tamara Spiewak Toub Kathy Hirsh-Pasek Roberta Golinkoff |
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| description | International rankings show children in the United States perform well below average in mathematics. There are also large mathematics achievement gaps between children of lower- and higher-socioeconomic status. As today’s teachers face these challenges, they are also faced with the pressures of sweeping educational reforms that arrived with the adoption of No Child Left Behind and continue into the Common Core State Standards era. These strict standards and the implications of low-performance can easily push teachers and parents towards the belief that direct instruction is the only way to help children learn effectively. In this article, we review evidence from the literature about playful learning as an alternative and powerful pedagogical approach. We apply the principles of playful learning to specific state standards for mathematics and illustrate promising ways to improve mathematics learning in the classroom. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0c747fde75a94e61b9467c9e9945c5862022-12-21T19:04:00ZengColumbia University LibrariesJournal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College2156-14002156-13972016-04-0171Playing with Mathematics: How Play Supports Learning and the Common Core State StandardsJennifer Mary Zosh0Brenna Hassinger-Das1Tamara Spiewak Toub2Kathy Hirsh-Pasek3Roberta Golinkoff4Pennsylvania State University, BrandywineTemple UniversityTemple UniversityTemple UniversityUniversity of DelawareInternational rankings show children in the United States perform well below average in mathematics. There are also large mathematics achievement gaps between children of lower- and higher-socioeconomic status. As today’s teachers face these challenges, they are also faced with the pressures of sweeping educational reforms that arrived with the adoption of No Child Left Behind and continue into the Common Core State Standards era. These strict standards and the implications of low-performance can easily push teachers and parents towards the belief that direct instruction is the only way to help children learn effectively. In this article, we review evidence from the literature about playful learning as an alternative and powerful pedagogical approach. We apply the principles of playful learning to specific state standards for mathematics and illustrate promising ways to improve mathematics learning in the classroom.https://journals-test.library.columbia.edu/index.php/jmetc/article/view/787 |
| spellingShingle | Jennifer Mary Zosh Brenna Hassinger-Das Tamara Spiewak Toub Kathy Hirsh-Pasek Roberta Golinkoff Playing with Mathematics: How Play Supports Learning and the Common Core State Standards Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College |
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| title_short | Playing with Mathematics: How Play Supports Learning and the Common Core State Standards |
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