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How far behind in number are socioeconomically disadvantaged pupils when they start school in England?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the gap in number skills between socioeconomically disadvantaged and non‐disadvantaged children in the first year of compulsory schooling in England. Past research mostly relies on statutory assessment data collected towards the end of the first year of school and does not show the attainment gap associated with ...
Martin Culliney, Joanne Robson
wiley   +1 more source

Early Family Risk Factors and Home Learning Environment as Predictors of Children’s Early Numeracy Skills Through Preschool

SAGE Open, 2017
The present study examines the impact of family risk factors (e.g., migration background, poverty) in early childhood on children’s numeracy skills during preschool in Germany, and if these relations are mediated through the quality of the home learning ...
Katharina Kluczniok
doaj   +1 more source

Early numeracy performance of South African school beginners

South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2016
Early numeracy skills are highly relevant for children’s mathematics learning at school, especially in the initial years when much mathematics learning relies on early numeracy competence.
Pirjo Aunio, Riikka Mononen, Lara Ragpot, Minna Törmänen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Longitudinal Effects of the Home Learning Environment and Parental Difficulties on Reading and Math Development Across Grades 1–9

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
This study focuses on parental reading and mathematical difficulties, the home literacy environment, and the home numeracy environment as well as their predictive role in Finnish children’s reading and mathematical development through Grades 1–9.
Daria Khanolainen, Maria Psyridou, Gintautas Silinskas, Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen, Pekka Niemi, Anna-Maija Poikkeus, Minna Torppa   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Home environment factors associated with early childhood development in rural areas of Bangladesh: evidence from a national survey

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundKnowing the relationship between the factors related to home environment and early childhood development (ECD) in Bangladeshi children aged 3 to 4  years would help to find out appropriate interventions for the children with lower ECD outcomes.
Farzana Rahman, Farzana Rahman, Samiha Nahar Tuli, Prasenjit Mondal, Prasenjit Mondal, Shakina Sultana, Asmita Hossain, Asmita Hossain, Satyajit Kundu, Satyajit Kundu, Afrin Ahmed Clara, Ahmed Hossain, Ahmed Hossain   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

SkillSum: basic skills screening with personalised, computer-generated feedback [PDF]

, 2008
We report on our experiences in developing and evaluating a system that provided formative assessment of basic skills and automatically generated personalised feedback reports for 16-19 year-old users.
Reiter, Ehud, Williams, Sandra
core   +3 more sources

The Effect of Numeracy Level on Completeness of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring [PDF]

The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2014
Home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) readings predict the increased risks of cardiovascular events and end‐organ damage independent of office blood pressure (BP). Numeracy (the ability to handle numbers) may limit the feasibility of patients' performing HBPM.
Rao, Vishal N., Tuttle, Laura A., Sheridan, Stacey L., Lin, Feng-Chang, Shimbo, Daichi, Diaz, Keith, Hinderliter, Alan L., Viera, Anthony J.   +7 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Bridging home, school and community to address educational inequality: Supporting educational trajectories through community bridge work

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the role of community stakeholders in supporting the educational trajectories of students experiencing socio‐economic disadvantage in the Irish context. Building on international and national policy debates, the study examines how community‐based organisations, statutory services and outreach initiatives work alongside ...
Aoife Joy Keogh, Deirdre McGillicuddy
wiley   +1 more source

Truth‐telling in the Australian Curriculum

The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Unlike Canada and South Africa, Australia has not completed a national Truth‐telling of First Nations histories. As a consequence, the curriculum is at risk of excluding Truth‐telling, leading to indoctrination of past injustices as part of school learning.
Glenn Auld, Aleryk Fricker, A. Bryan Fricker, Jessamy Gleeson, Genée Marks, Jo Raphael, Roy Rozario, Peta J. White, Brezshia Ashcroft, Robin A. Bellingham, Alessandra D'Arbe, Brianna Damcevski, Jennie Darcy, Kim Davies, Claudia Filipic, Brandi Fox, Paul Garner, Amanda Hall, Shelley Hannigan, Amrita Kamath, Katie Lee, Eun‐ju Lee, Jing Leong, Catherine Milvain, Jonathan Newchurch, Alistair Noble, Joanne O'Mara, Jacqui Peters, Monika Wagner, Yinfeng Wang   +29 more
wiley   +1 more source

Auditing the Numeracy Demands of the Middle Years Curriculum [PDF]

, 2012
The National Numeracy Review Report recognized that numeracy development requires an across the curriculum commitment. To explore the nature of this commitment we conducted a numeracy audit of the South Australian Middle Years curriculum, using a ...
Dole, Shelley, Geiger, Vince, Goos, Merrilyn   +2 more
core   +2 more sources