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Validating a Home Numeracy Questionnaire in Ecuador Using Factor Analysis

International Journal of Educational Research Review, 2020
The home numeracy questionnaire (HNQ) developed by LeFevre et al. (2009) is a self-report instrument to assess the home numeracy of young children. In this questionnaire, young children’s parents have to indicate how often their child participates both in direct (e.g., counting down: 10, 9, 8, …) and indirect numeracy activities (e.g., playing board ...
Bojorque Iñegues, Gina Catalina, Van Hoof, Jo, Torbeyns, Joke, Van Nijlen, Daniel, Verschaffel, Lieven   +4 more
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Secondary schools' preparation for roll‐out of Curriculum for Wales: Case studies of approaches to health and well‐being in the context of national education system reform

The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Schools are increasingly positioned as key settings for promoting health behaviours and well‐being. Curriculum for Wales (CfW) represents major national reform of the Welsh education system, placing unprecedented focus on health and well‐being for learners in compulsory education (aged 3–16).
Rochelle Embling, Cara O'Donnell, Graham Moore, Sara Jayne Long   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Requirements for funding - family programmes 2011/12: family literacy, language and numeracy and wider family learning [PDF]

, 2011
Providers delivering Family programmes with Skills Funding Agency funding should adhere to this guidance unless specific changes to a programme are agreed with the Skills Funding Agency Account Manager.

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The magnitude of educational disadvantage amongst indigenous minority groups in Australia. [PDF]

, 2007
Indigenous groups are amongst the most disadvantaged minority groups in the developed world. This paper examines the educational disadvantage of indigenous Australians by assessing academic performance at a relatively early age.
A Tatum, ABS, ABS, ABS, ABS, BH Hunter, Colin Green, D Neal, E Hanushek, Gareth Leeves, J Borland, J Kimmel, J Ruge, J Taylor, Mirko Draca, P Carneiro, P George, P Kuhn, P Todd, R Fryer, S Bradley, S Mellor, SA Maani, Steve Bradley   +23 more
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Are children’s spontaneous number focusing tendencies related to their home numeracy environment?

ZDM, 2020
Young children show large individual differences in their tendency to focus spontaneously on numerical aspects (e.g., numerosities or Arabic number symbols) of their everyday environment. The origins of these individual differences are unclear. Given the role of the home numeracy environment (HNE) in children’s early mathematical development and the ...
Rathé, Sanne, Torbeyns, Joke, De Smedt, Bert, Verschaffel, Lieven   +3 more
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Empowering teachers and fostering pupil climate action in Welsh primary schools

The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The Curriculum for Wales intends to help students understand and address climate change, but relies on teachers' knowledge and implementation thereof. This article focuses on “The Lifecycle of My Clothes”, a unit of work (UoW) developed by academics and practitioners. The UoW aimed to increase students' awareness of the environmental impact of
Jennifer A. Rudd, Shannon R. O'Connor, Geraldine Lublin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Child and home predictors of early numeracy skills in kindergarten

Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2012
The present study investigated the influence of home numeracy experiences on early numeracy skills in kindergarten after controlling for cognitive and linguistic precursors. Eighty-nine children (mean age = 6.1 years) were tested on cognitive, linguistic, and early numeracy skills, and their parents completed a questionnaire on home numeracy practices ...
Kleemans, M.A.J., Peeters, M.H.J., Peeters, M.H.J., Segers, P.C.J., Verhoeven, L.T.W.   +4 more
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Failure to replicate effects of parent‐delivered early language intervention: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial with implications for universal language intervention

JCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Parent‐led, preschool language interventions may help to mitigate the risk of poor language and literacy outcomes associated with lower socioeconomic status. This study builds on two previous evaluations of a parent‐led early language teaching programme, which demonstrated mixed findings.
Kelly Burgoyne, Laura Boundy, Paivi Eerola, Qing Zhang, Jochen Einbeck, Helen Cramman, Vic Menzies   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging the gap across global research on numeracy assessment in the digital era: Toward the development of diagnostic assessment [PDF]

EPJ Web of Conferences
This research analyzed global research trends on numeracy assessment in the digital era to identify future directions for diagnostic assessment development.
Qamariah Nur, Hidayati Kana, Retnawati Heri, Tuanaya Rugaya, Rifqiyah Fina, Begimbetova Guldana   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Economic impact of training and education in basic skills: summary of evidence (BIS research paper no.6) [PDF]

, 2009
This paper summarises recent quantitative evidence on the economic returns to having or improving literacy and numeracy skills. The summary includes evidence on earnings and employment, and distinguishes between returns to having basic skills whenever ...

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