Why and What of Spatial Relations Start →
Why learning to reason about space and spatial relations is crucial for children’s early mathematics learning.
Mathematics of Spatial Relations Start →
Several different approaches to explicating the important mathematics that underlies the content area of spatial relations.
Development of Children's Spatial Relations Start →
How children think about shape and space. The explanation relies on analyses of videos portraying key aspects of children’s developing understanding of shape and space.
Assessing Spatial Relations Start →
Materials designed to explain and illustrate the importance of formative assessment of children’s understanding of shape and space.
Supporting Classroom Practice Start →
Resources that teacher educators can use to support teachers to develop classroom practice that engages young children in spatial relations.
Vignettes Start →
Fictionalized but very real examples of student experiences in learning to teach and in teaching early math.
Getting Started Start →
Teacher educators are invited to use these materials flexibly, with varied settings, amounts of time, and participants. We present a variety of possible ways of getting started with these resources.