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Early Childhood Education Journals
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Early Childhood Education Journals

GALILEO Database Abbreviations:

PDC: Professional Development Collection Database
ASC: Academic Search Complete Database
RL: Research Library Database

12 month delay means that a journal issue published in January 2007 will not be available until January or February 2008.
Microfilm only means that the current year will not be available until the next year.
Yes means it is currently available in that database.

Journal Title	PDC	ASC	RL	Bound or Microfilm
American Educational Research Journal				Microfilm only
American Journal of Education			Yes (2000-2006)	Microfilm only
Art Education			Yes
Arts & Activities	Yes
Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom	Yes	Yes
Child Development	Yes (12 month delay)	Yes (12 month delay)		Microfilm (1966-2004)
Childhood Education			Yes	Microfilm (1966-1999)
Children and Schools	Yes	Yes
Children's Literature			Yes
Children's Literature in Education	Yes (12 month delay)	Yes (12 month delay)
Cognition & Instruction	Yes (12 month delay)	Yes (12 month delay)
Early Childhood Education Journal	Yes (12 month delay)	Yes (12 month delay)
Early Childhood Today	Yes	Yes
Early Years	Yes (12 month delay)	Yes (12 month delay)
Education	Yes	Yes	Yes
Education Digest	Yes (2 month delay)	Yes (2 month delay)		Microfilm (1972-1999)
Education Week	Yes	Yes	Yes
Educational Leadership	Yes	Yes	1988-1999	Bound (1977-2000)
Educational Research	Yes (12 month delay)	Yes (12 month delay)
Educational Research & Evaluation	Yes (12 month delay)	Yes (12 month delay)
Elementary School Journal			1992-2006	Bound (2008-to date)
Evaluation & Research in Education	Yes	Yes
Gifted Child Today	Yes		Yes

Journal Title	PDC	ASC	RL	Bound or Microfilm
Instructor - Primary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Microfilm (1964-1983)
International Journal of Early Years Education	Yes (12 month delay)	Yes (12 month delay)
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education			1997-2003	Bound (1977-1985)
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology			Yes (12 month delay)
Journal of Educational Psychology				Bound (1972-1985, 1987-1988, 1990-1994, 1996-1998)
Journal of Educational Research	Yes	Yes
Journal of Learning Disabilities	Yes	Yes	Yes	Bound (1978-2000)
Journal of Research in Childhood Education			Yes	Bound (1989-1997)
Journal of Research in Reading	Yes (12 month delay)	Yes (12 month delay)
Journal of Teacher Education				Microfilm (1968-1999) Bound (2008-to date)
Language & Education	Yes
Language Arts			Yes
Learning Disabilities Research & Practice	Yes (12 month delay)	Yes (12 month delay)
Mathematics Teaching			Yes
Phi Delta Kappan	Yes (3 month delay)	Yes (3 month delay)	Yes	Microfilm (1966-June 2007)
PJE Peabody Journal of Education	Yes (12 month delay)	Yes (12 month delay)
Primary & Middle Years Educator	Yes	Yes
Primary Educator	Yes	Yes
Reading & Writing Quarterly	Yes	Yes (12 month delay)
Reading Research and Instruction			Yes
Reading Research Quarterly			Yes
Reading Teacher	Yes (12 month delay)	Yes (12 month delay)	Yes (12 month delay)	Microfilm (1971-2001)
Reading Today	Yes	Yes	Yes (12 month delay)
Remedial & Special Education	Yes	Yes	Yes
Review of Educational Research			Yes	Bound (1990-1998)
Scholastic Early Childhood Today			Yes
Scholastic Parent & Child	Yes	Yes	Yes
School Library Media Activities Monthly			Yes (6 month delay)
School Psychology Review	Yes	Yes
School Science and Mathematics			1992-2005

Journal Title	PDC	ASC	RL	Bound or Microfilm
Science Activities	Yes	Yes	Yes
Studies in Art Education			Yes
Social Studies	Yes	Yes	Yes
Teacher Magazine	Yes	Yes	Yes
Teachers College Record	Yes (12 month delay)	Yes (12 month delay)
Teaching Children Mathematics			1997-2003	Bound (2008-to date)
Teaching Exceptional Children	Yes	Yes
Teaching PreK-8	Yes	Yes	Yes
Teaching Science	Yes	Yes	Yes
Topics in Early Childhood Education Special Education	Yes	Yes	Yes

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Tools for Thinking:

Numerous resources are available through educational resource companies to support mathematical thinking of the instructor and the students. Following are just a few examples that may be helpful during your math courses.

Web-Based Resources:

www.shodor.org provides resource materials for teachers, workshop information, and links to additional sites
www.interactmath.com
www.matti.usu.edu provides virtual manipulatives
www.mathforum.org provides resources for teachers, students, and parents
www.nctm.org
www.georgiastandards.org/index.aspx?ViewMode=1&obj=1616 Georgia Learning Connections –lessons and activities
www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/index.html provides activities for parents to help children learn mathematical concepts
www.funbrain.com provides activities for K-8 students and teachers
www.eduplace.com/math/brain/index.html provides brain teasers for children in grades 3-8
www.figurethis.org/challenges/math_index.htm
http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/home.htm
http://math.about.com/science/math
http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~demo5337/s97a

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Related Standards:

http://www.decal.state.ga.us/ Bright from the Start – Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning

Georgia Performance Standards: Pre-K – Grade 5: (See the standards by grade level at http://www.georgiastandards.org/math.aspx.)

Knowledge: (GPS)

Understand processes and approaches for exploring mathematics and solving problems.

	Solve problems using appropriate technology (K-5)
	Reason & evaluate mathematical arguments (K-5)
	Communicate mathematically (K-5)
	Make connections among mathematical ideas and to other disciplines (1-5)
	Represent mathematics in multiple ways (1-5)

Understand concepts and skills related to numbers and mathematical operations.

Understand principles and skills of measurement and the concepts and properties of geometry.

	Recognize and name basic geometric shapes and spatial relationships(K)
	Understand concepts of basic geometric shapes and spatial relationships of concrete objects (1)
	Understand basic and compound geometric shapes together with the elements from which they are composed (2)
	Further develop understanding of characteristics of previously studied geometric figures (3)
	Understand and construct plane and solid geometric figures. Graph points on the coordinate plane. (4)
	Understand congruence of geometric figures and the correspondence of their vertices, sides, and angles. Understand concept of pi. (5)

Understand concepts and skills related to algebra.

	Understand how to express relationships as mathematical expressions (3)
	Investigate and represent mathematical relationships between quantities using mathematical expressions in problem-solving situations (4)
	Represent and investigate mathematical expressions algebraically by using variables (5)

Understand concepts and skills related to data analysis.

	Pose questions and gather data about themselves and their surroundings (K)
	Create simples tables and graphs and interpret them (1, 2)
	Gather, organize, and display data and interpret graphs (3)
	Gather, organize and display data. Compare features of graphs. (4,5)

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Links to Other Disciplines:

Literacy:

Reading, writing, and math in daily living: Interdisciplinary lesson plan
http://askeric.org/cgi-
bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0061.html
Teaching Reading in Mathematics, Second Edition: A Supplement to Teaching Reading in the Content Areas: If Not Me, Then Who? Available from http://www.nctm.org
Topsy Turvies, M. Anno (1990), Philomel Books
The Biggest Nose, K. Caple (1985), Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA
The Principal’s New Clothes, S. Calmenson (1989), Scholastic, New York, NY
My Place in Space, R. Hirst and S. Hirst (1990), Orchard Books
Changes, Changes, P. Hutchins (1987), Alldin Books
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever, S. Kroll (1984), Scholastic, New York, NY
The New Fence, C. Irons and D. Vanderee (1993), Mimosa Publications, San Francisco, CA
Tar Beach, F. Ringgold (1991), Random House
Grandfather Tang’s Story, A. Tompert (1990), Crown Publishers
Anno’s Mysterious Multiplying Jar, M.M. Anno (1983), Putnam Publishing Group
I’ve Got Your Number, John, O.S. Berg (1965), Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, New York, NY
Do You Wanna Bet? Your Chance to Find Out About Probability, J. Cushman (1991), Clarion Books, New York, NY

Social Studies

Problem solving and the sports page: Interdisciplinary lesson plan
http://askeric.org/cgi-
bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0058.html
Alaskan unit of Moose: Interdisciplinary lesson plan
http://askeric.org/cgi-
bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0078.html
Teotihuacan: Designing an Ancient Mexican City: Calculating Perimeters and Areas of Squares and Rectangles, L. George (2004), Rosen Publishing Group’s PowerKids, New York, NY
Where We Play Sports: Measuring the Perimeters of Polygons, G. Roza (2004), PowerKids Press, New York, NY
Symmetries of Islamic Geometrical Patterns, S. Abas (1995), World Scientific, Singapore
Mathematics History and Art: http://www-history.mcs.st-
and.ac.uk/history/HistTopics/Art.html
Militiamen Chest Sizes: http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/Datafiles/MilitiamenChests.html
Draft Lottery: http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/Datafiles/DraftLottery.html

Science

The Clocks of Time: Interdisciplinary lesson plan
http://askeric.org/cgi-
bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Interdisciplinary/INT0112.html
Science Fair ideas with a math focus: http://mathforum.org/teachers/mathproject.html
Calculating Area: Space Rocket!, J. Burstein (2003), Weekly Reader Early Learning, Milwaukee, WI
The Shape of Sand Activity: http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/structure/sand.shtml
Symmetry Through the Eyes of a Chemist, L. Hargittai (1995), Plenum, New York, NY
Projects Using Real-World Situations-Lesson Plans: http://weatherye.kgan.com/lounge/plans/
Physics Data Sites for TI-InterActive! : http://education.ti.com/us/product/software/tii/datasites/physics.html
Biology Data Sites for TI-InterActive!: http://education.ti.com/us/product/software/tii/datasites/biology.html

Fine Art

The Geometry of Art and Life, M. Ghyka (1977), Dover, New York, NY
Geometry in Art and Architecture, C. Paul (2004), Key College Publishing
The Fourth Dimension and Non-Euclidean Geometry in Modern Art, L.D. Henderson (1993), Princeton
Singers’ Heights: http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/Datafiles/Singers.html

Business and Economics

Fill’er Up, Please: A Lesson on Supply and Demand: http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM394
Hey Pop! http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM453
Good News Bears Lotto: http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu/RSE/RSEyellow.lotto.html
Economics Data Sites for TI-InterActive! : http://education.ti.com/us/product/software/tii/datasites/economics.html
Business Data Sites for TI-InterActive! : http://education.ti.com/us/product/software/tii/datasites/business.html

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	Represent the number & order of objects using numbers and understand them (K)
	Explore quantitative situations involving distance, length, capacity, weight, time, and temperature (K)
	Understand how to represent numbers, and be able to add and subtract small numbers (1)
	Measure basic quantitative attributes of concrete objects (1)
	Further understanding of numbers including fractions and how to represent them. Addition, subtraction, and multiplication through concrete manipulation & basic calculations. (2)
	Understand length, time, and temperature and choose an appropriate tool to measure them (2)
	Use decimal fractions and common fractions to represent parts of a whole. Understand the four arithmetic operations for whole numbers and use them in basic calculations, and apply them in problem solving situations (3)
	Understand and measure time and length. Model and calculate perimeter & area of simple geometric figures (3)
	Master the four basic operations with whole numbers by solving problems. Understand rounding. Add and subtract decimal fractions and common fractions with common denominators (4)
	Measure weight in appropriate metric & standard units. Measure angles(4)
	Understand meanings of multiplication and division of decimal fractions and use decimal fractions and common fractions in computation, as well as in problem solving situations (5)
	Compute area of geometric plane figures. Understand the concept of volume and compute volume of simple geometric solids and measure capacity. Convert from one unit to another within one system of measurement (5)