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Doing the Critical Things First: An Aligned Approach to Prek and Early Elementary Math
Published: April 2007
This article is reprinted from the March/April 2007 issue of the Harvard Education Letter.
Sharon Griffin is an associate professor of education and psychology at Clark University and author of the Number Worlds curriculum for teaching number sense in the preK and elementary years. In this interview with the Harvard Education Letter, Griffin discusses what cognitive science can teach us about aligning preK and early elementary curriculum and teaching methods with the natural development of children's mathematical thinking.
