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Associations Between Children’s Numeracy Competencies, Mothers’ and Fathers’ Mathematical Beliefs, and Numeracy Activities at Home [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
Children’s numeracy competencies are not only relevant for their academic achievement, but also later in life. The development of early numeracy competencies is influenced by children’s learning environment.
Anna Mues, Astrid Wirth, Efsun Birtwistle, Frank Niklas   +3 more
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Cross-sectional study of healthcare professionals’ estimates of the health numeracy of inpatients and outpatients in a UK secondary care setting [PDF]

BMJ Public Health
Introduction A cross-sectional study to identify whether healthcare professionals (HCPs) can accurately estimate the health numeracy of patients.Methods A convenient sample of inpatients and outpatients, in an urban UK general hospital, undertook a ...
Sarah Beale, Chad Byworth, Calisha Allen, Rajashree Murki, Akifah Mojadady, Lubnaa Ghoora, Jameela Nagri, Chetan D Parmar   +7 more
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Numeracy and COVID-19: examining interrelationships between numeracy, health numeracy and behaviour [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2022
During the COVID-19 pandemic, people across the globe have been exposed to large amounts of statistical data. Previous studies have shown that individuals' mathematical understanding of health-related information affects their attitudes and behaviours. Here, we investigate the relation between (i) basic numeracy, (ii) COVID-19 health numeracy, and (iii)
Lau, Nathan T.T., Wilkey, Eric D., Soltanlou, Mojtaba, Lagacé Cusiac, Rebekka, Peters, L.Ien, Tremblay, Paul, Goffin, Celia, Isabella, Starling Alves, Ribner, Andrew David, Thompson, Clarissa, Van Hoof, Jo, Bahnmueller, Julia, Alvarez, Aymee, Bellon, Elien, Coolen, Ilse, Ollivier, Fanny, Ansari, Daniel   +16 more
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Enriching the teaching of fractions through integrating mathematics and music

South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2021
Background: Mathematics education is a significant issue in the South African context. Learners’ achievement levels are markedly low as suggested by both national and international studies.
Tarryn S. Lovemore, Sally-Ann Robertson, Mellony Graven   +2 more
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Home Literacy and Numeracy Interact and Mediate the Relationship Between Socio-Economic Status and Early Linguistic and Numeracy Skills in Preschoolers

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
This longitudinal study aimed at evaluating the relationships between socio-economic status (SES) and early literacy and numeracy skills, testing home literacy and home numeracy as mediators.
Paola Bonifacci, Diego Compiani, Alexandra Affranti, Benedetta Peri   +3 more
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Home Learning Environments of Children in Mexico in Relation to Socioeconomic Status

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
We explored the home learning environments of 173 Mexican preschool children (aged 3–6 years) in relation to their numeracy performance. Parents indicated the frequency of their formal home numeracy and literacy activities, and their academic ...
María Inés Susperreguy, Carolina Jiménez Lira, Chang Xu, Jo-Anne LeFevre, Jo-Anne LeFevre, Humberto Blanco Vega, Elia Verónica Benavides Pando, Martha Ornelas Contreras   +7 more
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A Multi-Informant Approach Testing an Expanded Home Numeracy Mode

Education Sciences, 2023
The role of home numeracy activities in the development of numeracy skills is receiving growing interest, although some mixed results highlight the need to consider models that include different contextual variables.
Paola Bonifacci, Diego Compiani, Viola Ravaldini, Benedetta Peri, Alexandra Affranti, Valentina Tobia   +5 more
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Right-wing ideology and numeracy: A perception of greater ability, but poorer performance [PDF]

Judgment and Decision Making, 2019
Right-wing ideology and cognitive ability, including objective numeracy, have been found to relate negatively. Although objective and subjective numeracy correlate positively, it is unclear whether subjective numeracy relates to political ideology in the
Becky L. Choma, David Sumantry, Yaniv Hanoch   +2 more
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The dialectical relationship between theory and practice in the design of an after-school mathematics club

Pythagoras, 2013
In this article we describe the design process for an after-school Grade 3 mathematics club, based on our experiences running a pilot club in a 2011 research and development project. Working from a sociocultural perspective, we show the progression from
Debbie Stott, Mellony Graven
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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
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