In this episode, Brendan Lee speaks with Professor Nancy Jordan. She has been at the forefront of all things to do with early numeracy research including looking at screeners and intervention. Many of you come from the science of reading world and are fans of Scarborough’s Reading Rope, Nancy and colleagues have put together a Number Sense one! I’ve popped the citation in the show notes.

Throughout this conversation she delves into what number sense is, why it’s important, how we can develop it and how to assess it. Nancy also covers the role of manipulatives and the transition to understanding fractions.

Resources mentioned:

• SENS: Screener for Early Number Sense
• Number Sense Interventions
• Jordan, N. C., Devlin, B. L., & Botello, M. (2022). Core foundations of early mathematics: refining the number sense framework. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 46, 101181.
• ICME
• Ginsburg, Greenes, & Balfanz - Big Math for Little Kids
• Bob Siegler
• Nora Newcomb
• Chelsea Cutting.
• What Works Clearinghouse

You can connect with Nancy:

Twitter: @Dr_nancyjordan

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://sites.google.com/a/udel.edu/nancy-jordan/

You can connect with Brendan:

Twitter: @learnwithmrlee

Facebook: @learningwithmrlee

Website: learnwithlee.net

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