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Thornton, Steve; Quinane, Mary; Galluzzo, Gina; Taylor, Debbie – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2010
This paper reports on the structure and impact of a one on one numeracy intervention project conducted during 2009 with students in years 1, 4 and 8. The project was built on a Reading Recovery model, using research into how the brain learns mathematics and ideas of threshold concepts. Teachers were provided time to work individually with students…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Intervention, Pilot Projects
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Beauchamp, Miriam H.; Thompson, Deanne K.; Howard, Kelly; Doyle, Lex W.; Egan, Gary F.; Inder, Terrie E.; Anderson, Peter J. – Brain, 2008
Children born preterm exhibit working memory deficits. These deficits may be associated with structural brain changes observed in the neonatal period. In this study, the relationship between neonatal regional brain volumes and working memory deficits at age 2 years were investigated, with a particular interest in the dorsolateral prefrontal…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Brain, Young Children, Foreign Countries
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Cheeseman, Sandra – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2007
Growing international interest in the early childhood years has been accompanied by an expansion of public programs in Australia targeting young children and their families. This article explores some of the influences and rhetoric that frame these initiatives. It encourages critical examination of the discourses that shape the nature of early…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Foreign Countries, Barriers