Measuring Liquid Volume

Overview In this resource, we discuss the teaching and learning of measuring liquid volume. Specifically, we attend to how students’ understanding of liquid volume might progress through the four stages of measurement. This resource builds on our measurement overview,...

Addition and Subtraction, Part 2: Initial Story Situations

Overview In this resource, we discuss the first situation types that students typically experience when introduced to addition and subtraction story problems in Kindergarten. Studying these situations allows teachers to see how students begin to understand the...

Addition and Subtraction, Part 1: Story Problems

Overview In this resource, we discuss the teaching and learning of addition and subtraction. Often, students’ understanding of this topic is heavily grounded in rote computation of numbers, separated from any real-life context. Unfortunately, this can leave gaps in...

Measurement

Overview In this resource, we discuss the teaching and learning of measurement. We highlight important aspects of teaching measurement topics to children and address the main stages of understanding that students go through when learning what it means to measure a...
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