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Social Justice, Numeracy, and Teaching Statistics at a Community College [PDF]

, 2019
The author of this article reflects on the issues of justice, democracy, and numeracy. As one who has taught statistics in a community college for over 12 years, spent 28 years as a Marketing Consultant, and holds a PhD in political science, the author’s
Volchok, Edward, Edward Volchok
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Relations between the Home Learning Environment and the Literacy and Mathematics Skills of Eight-Year-Old Canadian Children

Education Sciences, 2022
The home learning environment includes parental activities, attitudes, affect, knowledge, and resources devoted to supporting children’s development, including literacy and mathematics skills.
Sheri-Lynn Skwarchuk, Heather Douglas, Abbie Cahoon, Jo-Anne LeFevre, Chang Xu, Emilie Roy, Victoria Simms, Judith Wylie, Erin A. Maloney, Helena P. Osana, María Inés Susperreguy   +10 more
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Numeracy Across the Curriculum in Australian Schools: Teacher Education Students’ and Practicing Teachers’ Views and Understandings of Numeracy [PDF]

, 2017
In this article, we confront the challenges to teacher education students and practicing teachers raised by the concept of numeracy and its place in the curriculum.
Helen J. Forgasz, Jennifer Hall, Leder, Gilah, Hall, Jennifer, Forgasz, Helen J, Gilah Leder, Leder, Gilah Chaja, Forgasz, Helen J.   +7 more
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Do Home Numeracy and Home Literacy have an effect on toddlers' numeracy skills? A pilot study

, 2023
reservedLa ricerca in età evolutiva ha dimostrato l’importanza dell’Home Numeracy Environment e dell’Home Literacy Environment nello sviluppo di abilità numeriche nei toddlers (Manolitsis, Georgiou, Tziraki, 2013). Questo studio cerca di chiarire se le
LORENZATO, LINDA
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Numeracy and Social Justice: A Wide, Deep, and Longstanding Intersection [PDF]

, 2019
We discuss the connection between the numeracy and social justice movements both in historical context and in its modern incarnation. The intersection between numeracy and social justice encompasses a wide variety of disciplines and quantitative topics ...
Kira Hamman, Victor Piercey, Hamman, Kira, Samuel L. Tunstall, Piercey, Victor, Tunstall, Samuel L   +5 more
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What matters most for early childhood development? Evidence from Malda district, India

PLoS ONE, 2022
Background The early period of a child’s life is considered to be the most important developmental stage throughout the lifespan. Around 250 million children of age below five years in low-and middle- income countries (LMICs) are at risk of not attaining
Rayhan S. K
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Evaluation of the Scottish Adult Literacy and Numeracy (ALN) Strategy - Final Report [PDF]

, 2006
The report evaluates the Scottish Adult Literacy and Numeracy (ALN) Strategy through a survey of a sample of literacy and numeracy learners and ALN tutors within 9 geographical areas in ...
Hall, Stuart, Garside, Linda, Edwards, Vivien, Tett, Lyn, Maclachlan, Kathy   +4 more
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No Association Between the Home Math Environment and Numerical and Patterning Skills in a Large and Diverse Sample of 5- to 6-year-olds

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
Selecting a large and diverse sample of 5–6-year-old preschool children (179 boys and 174 girls; Mage = 70.03 months, SDage = 3.43), we aimed to extend previous findings on variability in children’s home math environment (i.e., home math activities ...
Laure De Keyser, Merel Bakker, Sanne Rathé, Nore Wijns, Joke Torbeyns, Lieven Verschaffel, Bert De Smedt   +6 more
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Relations between Subdomains of Home Math Activities and Corresponding Math Skills in 4-Year-Old Children

Education Sciences, 2021
Most studies on the subject have investigated relations between home math activities and child math skills, without paying much attention to the specific skills that such activities foster and their alignment with children’s math assessments. The present
Diana Leyva, Melissa E. Libertus, Rebecca McGregor   +2 more
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How does the Kids SIPsmartER program impact the sugar‐sweetened beverage intake of students: An investigation beyond total treatment effect in randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study develops and empirically estimates a structural framework to decompose the causal pathways of multilevel behavioral interventions targeting adolescent health behaviors. We apply this framework to the Kids SIPsmartER (KSS) program, a 6‐month, school‐based intervention evaluated through a clustered randomized controlled trial in rural
Naveen Abedin, Wen You, Annie Reid, Kathleen Porter, Brittany Kirkpatrick, Jamie Zoellner   +5 more
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