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Developing a framework for the evaluation of picturebooks that support kindergartners' learning of mathematics
van den Heuvel - Panhuizen, Marja; Elia, Iliada (2012)The purpose of this study was to investigate what experts in the use of picturebooks in mathematics education consider powerful characteristics of such books in the support of young children's learning of mathematics. The ...
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Early Childhood Mathematics Education
Elia, Iliada; van den Heuvel - Panhuizen, Marja (Springer Science+Business Media, 2014)Marja Van den Heuvel-Panhuizen Email: m.vandenheuvel-panhuizen@uu.nl Email: m.vandenheuvel@fi.uu.nl Iliada Elia Email: elia.iliada@ucy.ac.cy Email: iliadaelia@gmail.com Keywords Early childhood, Mathematics education, ...
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Effects of reading picture books on kindergartners’ mathematics performance
van den Heuvel - Panhuizen, Marja; Elia, Iliada; Robitzsch, A. (2016)This article describes a field experiment with a pretest–posttest control group design which investigated the potential of reading picture books to children for supporting their mathematical understanding. The study involved ...
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Exploring strategy use and strategy flexibility in non-routine problem solving by primary school high achievers in mathematics
Elia, Iliada; van den Heuvel - Panhuizen, Marja; Kolovou, A. (2009)Many researchers have investigated flexibility of strategies in various mathematical domains. This study investigates strategy use and strategy flexibility, as well as their relations with performance in non-routine problem ...
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Kindergartners' performance in length measurement and the effect of picture book reading
van den Heuvel - Panhuizen, Marja; Elia, Iliada (2011)This paper addresses: firstly, kindergartners' performance in length measurement, the components of their performance and its growth over time; secondly, the possibility to develop kindergartners' performance in length ...
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Kindergartners’ performance in two types of imaginary perspective-taking
van den Heuvel - Panhuizen, Marja; Elia, Iliada; Robitzsch, A. (2015)This study aimed at gaining further understanding of kindergartners’ performance in imaginary perspective-taking (IPT) by examining whether they can imagine what is visible from a particular point of view (IPT type 1: ...
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A kindergartner’s use of gestures when solving a geometrical problem in different spaces of constructed representation
Elia, Iliada; Evangelou, Kyriacoulla; Hadjittoouli, K.; van den Heuvel - Panhuizen, Marja (2014)This study investigates a kindergartner’s gestures, from a cognitive point of view, in a geometrical activity of communicative character. The activity involves a shape configuration problem in two different types of space ...
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The role of gestures in making connections between space and shape aspects and their verbal representations in the early years: findings from a case study
Elia, Iliada; Gagatsis, Athanasios; van den Heuvel - Panhuizen, Marja (2014)In recent educational research, it is well acknowledged that gestures are an important source of developing abstract thinking in early childhood and can serve as an additional window to the mind of the developing child. ...
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The Role of Picture Books in Young Children's Mathematics Learning
van den Heuvel - Panhuizen, Marja; Elia, Iliada (2013)In this chapter we address the role of picture books in kindergartners’ learning of mathematics. The chapter is based on various studies we carried out on this topic from different perspectives. All studies sought to provide ...
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The role of pictures in picture books on children's cognitive engagement with mathematics
Elia, Iliada; van den Heuvel - Panhuizen, Marja; Georgiou, A. (2010)The present study examines the cognitive activity that is evoked in young children when they are read a picture book that is written for the purpose of teaching mathematics. The focus of this study is to explore the effects ...