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Early literacy and early numeracy: The value of including early literacy skills in the prediction of numeracy development

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine whether early literacy skills uniquely predict early numeracy skills development. During the first year of the study, 69 3- to 5-year-old preschoolers were assessed on the Preschool Early Numeracy Skills (PENS) test and the Test of Preschool Early Literacy Skills (TOPEL).
David J Purpura, Christopher J Lonigan
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Early Numeracy Intervention for Low-Performing Kindergartners

Journal of Early Intervention, 2012
Early numeracy in kindergarten has proven to be a strong predictor of mathematical achievement. The aims of this study were to test the effectiveness of a remedial numeracy program for children who were low performing and to evaluate the role of visual and verbal working memory in the development of numeracy.
Sylke W M Toll
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Parents' numeracy beliefs and their early numeracy support: A synthesis of the literature

2021
Parents' academic beliefs influence the academic support they provide to their children. In this chapter, we review the published literature on empirical studies conducted with parents of preschoolers and propose a conceptual model for how different parental numeracy beliefs uniquely and differentially influence parents' early numeracy support and vary
Ashli-Ann, Douglas, Erica L, Zippert, Bethany, Rittle-Johnson   +2 more
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The Development of Early Numeracy in Europe

Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2003
This article describes a limited longitudinal European study of young children’s early numeracy development within three testing cycles, onaverage, at the mid-point and towards the end of their fifth to sixth year and again at the mid-point of their sixth to seventh year. Assessment was carried out using the Utrecht Early Numeracy Test (ENT) (Van Luit,
van de Rijt, B.A.M., Godfrey, R., Aubrey, C., van Luit, J.E.H., Ghesquiere, P., Torbeyns, J., Hasemann, K., Tancig, S., Kavkler, M., Magajna, L., Tzouriadou, M.   +10 more
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Early Numeracy Indicators

Remedial and Special Education, 2016
Two studies using similar methods in two states investigated the long-term predictive utility of two single-skill early numeracy Curriculum Based Measures (CBMs) and the degree to which they can adequately predict high-stakes test scores. Data were drawn from kindergarten and first-grade students. State standardized assessment data
Sarah J. Conoyer, Anne Foegen, Erica S. Lembke   +2 more
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Early Numeracy Development

2021
This chapter provides information on how young children first develop number concepts and skills. The material provides the foundation for the following chapter on number skills in pre-schools and kindergartens. Key topics are: number sense, concept development, theories of numeracy development, the role of language.
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Children's early numeracy in Finland and Iran

International Journal of Early Years Education, 2014
This research investigates similarities and differences in young children's early numeracy skills related to age, nationality and gender. The participants were five- to seven-year-old children from Finland and Iran. Early numeracy was investigated by using tasks measuring number-related relational skills (e.g. comparison, one-to-one correspondence) and
Pirjo Aunio, Johan Korhonen, Laaya Bashash, Fariba Khoshbakht   +3 more
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Active learners in numeracy: implementing guided play for early numeracy learning

2023
Reception teachers frequently report a tension between the development of children’s academic knowledge and skills and that of the prime areas of learning (communication and language, personal, social and emotional development and physical development). This is particularly pertinent when considering support for children from disadvantaged backgrounds,
Gawthorpe, Anna, Campbell Davidson, K.
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The Early Numeracy Test in Finnish: Children's norms

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 2006
This article concerns psychometric aspects of the Finnish Early Numeracy Test, which has been translated from the original Dutch Early Numeracy Test. The advantage of the test is that young children's numerical skills can be assessed systematically, which was not possible previously in Finland.
Aunio, P., Hautamäki, J., Heiskari, P., van Luit, J.E.H.   +3 more
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