Preschool Geometry

Part One. Studying Preschool Children’s Development of Geometrical Concepts

1. Theories and Research Related to Concept Formation in Geometry
Esther Levenson, Dina Tirosh, Pessia Tsamir

2. What does it Mean for Preschool Children to Know that a Shape is a Triangle? Building Concept Images in Line with Concept Definitions
Esther Levenson, Dina Tirosh, Pessia Tsamir

3. The Case of Circles – When the Concept Definition is Inappropriate for the age of the Children
Esther Levenson, Dina Tirosh, Pessia Tsamir

Part Two. Engaging Young Children with Geometrical Tasks

4. Mathematical and Geometrical Tasks
Esther Levenson, Dina Tirosh, Pessia Tsamir

5. Implementing Geometrical Tasks – Some Possible Scenarios
Esther Levenson, Dina Tirosh, Pessia Tsamir

6. Geometrical Tasks in Preschool
Esther Levenson, Dina Tirosh, Pessia Tsamir

Part Three. Getting Ready to Teach Geometry in the Preschool – Preschool Teacher Education

7. Conceptualizing Preschool Teachers’ Knowledge for teaching Geometry
Esther Levenson, Dina Tirosh, Pessia Tsamir

8. Enhancing Preschool Teachers’ Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics
Esther Levenson, Dina Tirosh, Pessia Tsamir

9. Tasks in the Professional Development of Preschool Teachers
Esther Levenson, Dina Tirosh, Pessia Tsamir

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