There is growing international research evidence about young children's engagement with
mathematics education. However, much of this evidence is drawn from children aged four …

Whilst research underlines the importance of early mathematics in kindergarten,
practitioners need effective and innovative approaches to pedagogy. Currently, very different …

This study examines whether children from potentially disadvantaged families attend early
childhood education and care (ECEC) centers of lower quality compared to more …

The study investigated preschool teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in
mathematics. The construct of PCK for teaching mathematics in preschool involves three …

The role of domain‐specific content knowledge is discussed controversially for the early
childhood context. Therefore, this review aims at untangling the research on domain …

While early childhood mathematics education did not play an important role for many years,
today the necessity to be attentive to children's early mathematics learning is no longer in …

Measurement instruments of early childhood teachers' mathematical pedagogical content
knowledge (MPCK) have to consider the special characteristics of early childhood teaching …

Teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) importantly contributes to instructional
quality and student outcomes. We aimed to complement the limited insights into preservice …

Children are innately mathematical and explore mathematical concepts through play.
However, educator beliefs about mathematics can impact the inclusion of mathematics in …

This longitudinal study examined the development of 129 German early childhood teachers'
knowledge and epistemic beliefs in mathematics from teacher education to practice. The test …