Engaging Early Childhood Students Using Clothesline Math

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Stacy K. Boote University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL

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Tara Kelly Lake Lucina Elementary School, Jacksonville, FL

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Strengthen young learners’ agency and accountability by problematizing number sense, place value, and multiplication concepts using a Clothesline Math routine.

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