Copyright Â© 2002 National Association for the Education of Young Children Early Childhood Mathematics2 Since the 1970s a series of assessments of U.S. studentsâ performance has revealed an over-all level of mathematical proficiency well below what is desired and needed [5, 8, 9].opyright Â© 2002 National Association for the Education of Young Children Early Childhood Mathematics6 mathematics education [5, 19, 53] and recom-mendations for early childhood practice [14, 46].
John Kidwell is credited with the introduction of the pineapple industry to Hawaii; large-scale pineapple cultivation by US companies began in the early 1900s. Among the most famous and influential pineapple industrialists was James Dole, who moved to Hawaii in 1899 and started a pineapple plantation in 1900.
In Puerto Rico, the pineapple is the leading fruit crop, 95% produced, processed and marketed by the Puerto Rico Land Authority. The 1980 crop was 42,493 tons having a farm value of 6.8 million dollars. For 250 years, pineapples have been grown in the Bahama Islands. At one time plantings on Eleuthera, Cat Island and Long Island totaled about 12,000 acres. The pineapple was a pioneer crop along the east coast of Florida and or, the Keys. In 1860 fields were established on Plantation Key and Merritt's Island.