Catalyzing Change in Early Childhood and Elementary Mathematics Quotes

“The way mathematics is taught matters because it determines the depth of children’s learning. When mathematics instruction is shallow, learning stays at the surface. When mathematics instruction goes deep, children are empowered to explore the richness of the mathematical landscape.”
― DeAnn Huinker, Catalyzing Change in Early Childhood and Elementary Mathematics: Initiating Critical Conversations

“While a select few in the high-achieving group are afforded reasoning and problem-solving opportunities, those placed in the low-ability group often receive a steady diet of remediation: practice, repetition, and reinforcement of basic facts and procedures.”
― DeAnn Huinker, Catalyzing Change in Early Childhood and Elementary Mathematics: Initiating Critical Conversations

“Teachers can engage children in the process of understanding the world through mathematics by drawing on genuine problems from children’s everyday lives, thus making mathematics more relevant to children from all backgrounds (Gonzalez, Moll, and Amanti 2005).”
― DeAnn Huinker, Catalyzing Change in Early Childhood and Elementary Mathematics: Initiating Critical Conversations

“Mathematics becomes joyful when children have opportunities to learn mathematics in ways they see as relevant to their identities and communities and when they are encouraged to explore, create, and make meaning in mathematics.”
― DeAnn Huinker, Catalyzing Change in Early Childhood and Elementary Mathematics: Initiating Critical Conversations

“Every child must be given learning opportunities to develop a deep understanding of mathematics through challenging tasks, time to explore the mathematics of the task, and expectations to discuss the mathematics with other children.”
― DeAnn Huinker, Catalyzing Change in Early Childhood and Elementary Mathematics: Initiating Critical Conversations