Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Statement of candidate -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Background to the research : mathematics in early childhood -- Chapter 3: Review of literature : teaching, learning and curricula - early algebra in the primary and preschool years -- Chapter 4: Methodology -- Chapter 5: The implementation and impact of the intervention -- Chapter 6: Discussion of results : children's conceptions of pattern -- Chapter 7: Discussion of results : children's responses to patterning tasks at interview-based assessments -- Chapter 8: Discussion of results : children's responses to the tower tasks -- Chapter 9: Conculsions and implications -- References -- Appendices
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Thesis (PhD) -- Macquarie University. Australian Centre for Educational Studies. School of Education. Centre for Research in Mathematics and Science Education, 2007
