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Trajectories of leisure reading for children with literacy difficulties and the role of literacy support: Findings from the UK millennium cohort study

British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Evidence suggests leisure reading may be especially important for children with reading difficulties. However, little is known about how their leisure reading evolves over time or how school‐based practices, including targeted literacy support, impact this.
Miriam McBreen, Francesca Bentivegna, Emma Sumner, Efstathios Papachristou   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Triangulating Multi-Method Assessments of Parental Support for Early Math Skills

Frontiers in Education, 2020
Past research has examined parental support for math during early childhood using parent-report surveys and observational measures of math talk. However, since most studies only present findings from one of these methods, the construct (parental support ...
Heather J. Bachman, Leanne Elliott, Shirley Duong, Laura Betancur, Monica G. Navarro, Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal, Melissa Libertus   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Participation in extracurricular activities predicts academic growth and mediates socioeconomic inequalities in primary school

British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Inequalities in achievement related to family socioeconomic status (SES) emerge early and often widen during out‐of‐school periods, partly due to disparities in access to educational resources such as extracurricular activities (ECA).
Lys‐Andréa Brunet, Margot Rémeau, Olivier Houdé, Grégoire Borst   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Children’s Early Math Problem-Solving: The Role of Parent Numeracy Practices, Numeracy Expectations, and Math Attitudes

Journal of Numerical Cognition
This study allows for the examination of associations between components of the home mathematics environment – including parents’ formal numeracy practices, math attitudes, and numeracy expectations – and children’s development of math problem solving ...
Olivia K. Cook, Amber E. Westover, Jennifer L. Coffman   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing critical numeracy at the tertiary level [PDF]

, 2005
Students at university encounter quantitative information in tables and graphs or through prose in textbooks, journals, electronic sources and in lectures.
Kemp, Marian
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Looking at the Multiple Meanings of Numeracy, Quantitative Literacy, and Quantitative Reasoning

, 2014
The subject of this journal goes by a variety of names: numeracy, quantitative literacy, and quantitative reasoning. Some authors use the terms interchangeably. Others see distinctions between them. Study of psycholinguistic and ontological concepts laid
Vacher, H. L., H.L. Vacher
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The role of digital media in the home learning environment and associations with children's early language and literacy skills

British Journal of Educational Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Young children increasingly engage with digital media tools for purposes of education, entertainment and communication. This study examines children's digital media activities within the context of their larger home learning environment (HLE).
Burcu H. Tatar, Lori E. Skibbe, Ryan P. Bowles, Hope K. Gerde   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disentangling the language effect in South African schools: Measuring the impact of ‘language of assessment’ in grade 3 literacy and numeracy

South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2016
The aim of this article is to exploit an unusual occurrence whereby a large group of South African grade 3 students were tested twice, 1 month apart, on the same test in different languages.
Nicholas Spaull
doaj   +1 more source

Numeracy and Evaluating Quality in Open Access Journals [PDF]

, 2016
Evaluating quality for open access (OA) journals has long presented a challenge, complicated by the misperception that OA journals offer a lesser quality than subscription journals.
Borchert, Carol Ann, Boczar, Jason, Carol Ann Borchert, Jason Boczar   +3 more
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The Seven Design Principles for Co‐Creating Health Information Visuals for People With Learning Disabilities

British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background People with learning disabilities often face significant challenges in understanding health information. Pictorial supports are widely assumed to improve communication for people with learning disabilities, yet little research examines how visual communication can be effectively designed for this group.
Alison Drewett, Eleanor Harvey, Michelle O'Reilly, Panos Balatsoukas, Gyuchan Thomas Jun, Satheesh Gangadharan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source