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Use Them or Lose Them: Are Manipulatives Needed to Assess Numeracy and Geometry Performance in Preschool?
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O'Rear, Connor D.; Zippert, Erica L.; Ehrman, Patrick; Westerberg, Lauren; Lonigan, Christopher J.; Purpura, David J. – Infant and Child Development, 2023
In two studies, we investigated whether using three-dimensional (3D) manipulatives during assessment aided performance on a variety of preschool mathematics tasks compared to pictorial representations. On measures of children's understanding of counting and cardinality (n = 103), there was no difference in performance between manipulatives and…
Descriptors: Manipulative Materials, Mathematics Instruction, Pictorial Stimuli, Preschool Education
Alignment between Children's Numeracy Performance, the Kindergarten Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, and State-Level Early Learning Standards
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Litkowski, Ellen C.; Duncan, Robert J.; Logan, Jessica A. R.; Purpura, David J. – AERA Open, 2020
The current study examined preschoolers' (N = 801) age-related performance on one measure of verbal counting and two measures of cardinality ("how many" and "give n") aligned with the kindergarten Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) and included in the majority of states' early learning guidelines for…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Numeracy, Kindergarten, Mathematics Skills
Using a Brief Preschool Early Numeracy Skills Screener to Identify Young Children with Mathematics Difficulties
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Purpura, David J.; Reid, Erin E.; Eiland, Michael D.; Baroody, Arthur J. – School Psychology Review, 2015
A critical component in enhancing academic success is identifying children at risk of later academic difficulties. Although significant efforts have been devoted to design effective assessment processes in elementary school, fewer efforts (particularly for mathematics) have been made for preschool. The focus of this study was to design and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Instruction, Preschool Education, Screening Tests
Using a Brief Preschool Early Numeracy Skills Screener to Identify Young Children with Mathematics Difficulties
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Purpura, David J.; Reid, Erin E.; Eiland, Michael D.; Baroody, Arthur J. – Grantee Submission, 2015
A critical component in enhancing academic success is identifying children at risk of later academic difficulties. Although significant efforts have been devoted to design effective assessment processes in elementary school, fewer efforts (particularly for mathematics) have been made for preschool. The focus of this study was to design and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Instruction, Preschool Education, Screening Tests
Examining the Relations between Executive Function, Math, and Literacy during the Transition to Kindergarten: A Multi-Analytic Approach
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Schmitt, Sara A.; Geldhof, G. John; Purpura, David J.; Duncan, Robert; McClelland, Megan M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
The present study explored the bidirectional and longitudinal associations between executive function (EF) and early academic skills (math and literacy) across 4 waves of measurement during the transition from preschool to kindergarten using 2 complementary analytical approaches: cross-lagged panel modeling and latent growth curve modeling (LCGM).…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Mathematics Instruction, Transitional Programs, Kindergarten
Examining the Relations between Executive Function, Math, and Literacy during the Transition to Kindergarten: A Multi-Analytic Approach
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Schmitt, Sara A.; Geldhof, G. John; Purpura, David J.; Duncan, Robert; McClelland, Megan M. – Grantee Submission, 2017
The present study explored the bidirectional and longitudinal associations between executive function (EF) and early academic skills (math and literacy) across four waves of measurement during the transition from preschool to kindergarten using two complementary analytical approaches: cross-lagged panel modeling and latent growth curve modeling…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Mathematics Instruction, Transitional Programs, Kindergarten
Can Computer-Assisted Discovery Learning Foster First Graders' Fluency with the Most Basic Addition Combinations?
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Baroody, Arthur J.; Eiland, Michael D.; Purpura, David J.; Reid, Erin E. – American Educational Research Journal, 2013
In a 9-month training experiment, 64 first graders with a risk factor were randomly assigned to computer-assisted structured discovery of the add-1 rule (e.g., the sum of 7 + 1 is the number after "seven" when we count), unstructured discovery learning of this regularity, or an active-control group. Planned contrasts revealed that the…
Descriptors: Prerequisites, Risk, Discovery Learning, Control Groups