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Rittle-Johnson, Bethany; Jordan, Nancy C. – National Center for Education Research, 2016
The focus of the present synthesis reflects the research on programs, practices, and policies intended to improve mathematics outcomes funded through the Institute of Education Sciences' (IES's) National Center for Education Research (NCER) and National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER). The authors were asked to review those published…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Journal Articles, Books, Mathematics Skills
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Platas, Linda M.; Ketterlin-Geller, Leanne R.; Sitabkhan, Yasmin – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2016
This paper describes the development and intended uses of the Early Grades Mathematics Assessment (EGMA), which measures essential early mathematical knowledge and skills that are foundational to more sophisticated mathematical abilities, predictive of later achievement, and teachable. Administering the EGMA can provide policy makers,…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Skills
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Opel, Aftab; Zaman, Syeda Sazia; Khanom, Ferdousi; Aboud, Frances E. – International Journal of Educational Development, 2012
A randomized evaluation of a 9-month comprehensive math program for preprimary Bangladeshi school children addressed skills such as numbers, measurement, shapes, patterns, and space. Nine schools were randomly selected for the Intervention group and nine for the Control group, with 12 children randomly selected from each to participate in testing.…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
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Noemí, Peña-Miguel; Máximo, Sedano Hoyuelos – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2014
The introduction of new technologies in society has created a need for interactive contents that can make the most of the potential that technological advances offer. Serious games as educational games are such content: they can be defined as video games or interactive applications whose main purpose is to provide not only entertainment but also…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Educational Games, Video Games, Teaching Methods
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Pagani, Linda S.; Jalbert, Julie; Girard, Alain – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2006
In this study, we examine whether preventive enrichment of pre-math skills has an influence on number knowledge in preschool children from low income families. Our data analyses use two methods to examine the influence of two independent programs implemented during junior kindergarten and kindergarten. The first implies the traditional approach…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Arithmetic, Mathematics Curriculum, Knowledge Level
Knight, Michael E. – 1979
This program was designed to improve mathematics achievement by directing intervention toward diagnosed deficiencies in number concepts, computational skills, relationships among measures, and problem solving. Four hundred and twenty second through eighth grade students participated in the program. Math lab rooms were established in each of seven…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Computation, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education