Overview
Your written responses should be detailed with statements and/or citations supporting your claims. Cite sources when appropriate.
Each question response should be approximately one page. Each page is to include the questions you choose, followed by a detailed response. You are responding to four questions in total (2 math, 2 science). double spaced
Part 1: Math
1. Why is it important to teach mathematicsunderstanding/reasoning to young children and not just mathematics procedures (hint: think about motivation, comprehension, application, cognition, and integration into other subjects)?
2. What principles/rules of the number system do children need to know in order to make the transition to operations (addition and subtraction) in early elementary school (hint: think about the earliest number knowledge concepts they learn and how these concepts go together to form a comprehensive and evolving understanding of numbers)?
part 2: science
1. In what ways are children like natural scientists, closely observing the natural world and describing, analyzing and drawing conclusions about what they observe (hint: think about how children explore in the natural world)?
2. How can early science standards be used to develop a comprehensive and integrated science curriculum (hint: think about the scope and sequence of the various science competencies children should know in early childhood)?