Take Care of Mother Earth: Technology and the Environment

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 414-419
Author(s):  
Diane L. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Young Children ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Mother Earth

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics recommends an increased emphasis on data analysis from the earliest grades on: “Because young children are naturally curious about their world, they often raise questions such as, How many? How much? What kind? or Which of these? Such questions often offer opportunities for beginning the study of data analysis and probability” (NCTM 2000, p. 49). Using technology to support such studies can give young children access to topics and ideas that are far beyond what might once have been thought possible. In this article, I share a research project that began with my students' real questions and evolved over a period of two years to incorporate technology in ways that enriched and extended their learning far beyond expectations.

scholarly journals Using Clustering as a Tool: Mixed Methods in Qualitative Data Analysis

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Macia
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Similarity Measures ◽  
Cluster Solution ◽  
Clustering Methods ◽  
Qualitative Data Analysis ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Detailed Explanation

In this article I discuss cluster analysis as an exploratory tool to support the identification of associations within qualitative data. While not appropriate for all qualitative projects, cluster analysis can be particularly helpful in identifying patterns where numerous cases are studied. I use as illustration a research project on Latino grievances to offer a detailed explanation of the main steps in cluster analysis, providing specific considerations for its use with qualitative data. I specifically describe the issues of data transformation, the choice of clustering methods and similarity measures, the identification of a cluster solution, and the interpretation of the data in a qualitative context.

Aligning Preschool and Kindergarten Classroom Learning Experiences

2021 ◽  
pp. 60-83
Author(s):  
Meg Deane Franko ◽  
Duan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Developmentally Appropriate ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
The Other ◽  
Developmentally Appropriate Practices ◽  
Classroom Learning ◽  
Kindergarten Classroom ◽  
Appropriate Practices

The focus of transition from preschool to kindergarten is often placed on what can be done to prepare the child. Relatively little emphasis is placed on how differences between learning experiences across settings might impact the child's transition from one setting to the other. This chapter presents the results of secondary data analysis of the 2009 FACES study that show that the alignment of prekindergarten-kindergarten (PK-K) learning experiences impacts children's kindergarten outcomes. In particular, HLM modeling found that children who had at least as many or more activity-based centers in their classrooms in kindergarten as they had in prekindergarten showed significantly better literacy and math outcomes at the end of kindergarten than children who had less or no activity-based centers in kindergarten. This chapter advocates for a systemic focus on transition that puts an emphasis on continuing developmentally appropriate practices between preschool and kindergarten settings as a way to facilitate transitions and improve outcomes for young children.

Eclipsing Voice in Research with Young Children

2003 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenda MacNaughton
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Social Diversity ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Children’S Voices

This article examines two vignettes taken from a research project designed to give voice to children's understandings of equity and social diversity in order to raise questions about how this project potentially reinforced inequities in children's lives. A rhizoanalysis of the vignettes is used to raise questions about how young children perform diverse discourses of ‘race’. This paper specifically focuses on the extent to which some of the voices produced in the research colluded in the production of racist and sexist practices. It uses this focus to raise questions generated through the rhizoanalysis for researchers who want to give voice to young children. Specifically, it asks if it is time for researchers to move beyond a concern for children's ‘voices’ and towards transforming inequitable power relations in our research with them.

De Analfabetische Blik en de Geletterde Bril

2002 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 9-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanne Kurvers
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Metalinguistic Awareness ◽  
Test Case ◽  
Writing Systems ◽  
Adult Readers ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Language Analysis ◽  
The One ◽  
Low Educated ◽  
Metalinguistic Knowledge

Until recently, studies about adults' metalinguistic knowledge nearly always dealt with adult readers. Since explanations about the development of children's metalinguistic knowledge are not conclusive about the influence of either (language) development or experience with written language. Adult illiterates form a nice test case for these contrasting hypotheses, since they are both experienced language users and inexperienced in the written code. Therefore, a research project was carried out to compare the metalinguistic knowledge of adult illiterates with another group of non-readers (young children) and with low-educated adult readers. The research project was carried out with 24 young pre-readers, 25 adult (true) illiterates and 23 adult readers with about four years of schooling. All groups were offered different tests of metalinguistic awareness on the phonological, lexical/semantic and discourse-level of language. Analysis of variance and posthoc analyses showed that, on the whole, there were hardly any differences between young children and all adults in the knowledge of linguistic entities (favouring the developmental hypotheses) while there were many significant differences between the no-nreaders on the one hand (both children and adults) and low-educated literates on the other hand. It is concluded that experience with writing systems plays a major role in triggering metalinguistic knowledge.

Principles and Standards (2002): April 2002

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 482-487
Author(s):  
James E. Tarr
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Probability Learning ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Content Standards ◽  
Instructional Programs ◽  
Learning Expectations ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
Principles And Standards ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Standard States

NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000) identifies Data Analysis and Probability as one of the five content standards for pre-K–12 mathematics and delineates learning expectations at each of four grade bands. This standard places much more emphasis on data analysis than on probability, particularly for grades pre-K through 5. Indeed, only one of the four goals in the standard directly addresses probability, and no probability learning expectations are explicitly stated for grades pre-K through 2. The standard states, however, that “instructional programs from prekindergarten through grade 12 should enable all students to understand and apply basic concepts of probability” (p. 48).

Identifying conduct problems in young children

2000 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 467-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Morrison ◽  
Grant Macdonald ◽  
Terry LeBlanc
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Conduct Problems ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Early Identification ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Financial Costs ◽  
Personal Costs

Conduct problems in young children, if not addressed, can develop into extremely serious and costly problems by the time adolescence is reached. The findings of this research project indicate that there are effective, affordable interventions for young children. Early identification and intervention are the keys to reducing the personal costs to troubled children and their families as well as the financial costs to health and social service systems.

scholarly journals Application of the concept of reflection in majejahitan activity by Bali Mulia society

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-20
Author(s):  
Jero Budi Darmayasa ◽  
Wahyudin Wahyudin ◽  
Tatang Mulyana
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Research Data ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Mathematical Concepts ◽  
Exploration Phase

This research is qualitative research with case study method. The focus of this research is to explore the value of ethnomathematics in the culture of the Bali Mula society in the Kintamani sub-district, Bali Province. The research starts from the exploration phase of ethnomathematics, mapping ethnomathematics with school mathematics, explores aspects of pedagogy in the preservation of ethnomathematics and concludes on how ethnomathematics is applied to mathematics learning in schools. Data collection was carried out through observation of Mejejahitan activities carried out by Bali Mula women. Data from observations are then linked to the results of documentation analysis and strengthened by the results of interviews. The triangulation method is carried out to check the validity of the research data. Based on the results of data analysis there is a relationship between the activities of Mejejahitan with school mathematics. The mathematical concepts contained in the Majejahitan activity that is reflecting (reflecting) and predicting or predicting patterns. Because there is a relationship between Majejahitan activities with school mathematics, it can be said that there are ethnomathematics values in the culture of the Bali Mula society in Kintamani District, Bali Province.

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