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Number Sense Development during the Preschool Years: Relations within and between Key Skill Indicators
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Hojnoski, Robin L.; Polignano, Joy C.; Caskie, Grace I. L. – Early Education and Development, 2023
Research Findings: This study examined age-based developmental trajectories of four key number sense (NS) skills within an accelerated longitudinal design. Using data from 408 preschoolers, ages 45 to 68 months, linear and latent basis growth curves were evaluated. Results indicated growth across NS skills was best represented as nonlinear for all…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Mathematics Skills, Preschool Children, Age Differences
Using Number Games to Support Mathematical Learning in Preschool and Home Environments
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Lange, Alissa A.; Brenneman, Kimberly; Sareh, Narges – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: This study evaluated the effects of an early mathematics intervention designed to engage preschool children, their teachers, and their families in an interactive mathematics game. Previous research shows that playing this specific type of linear board game results in increased numerical skills and understanding in young children…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Preschool Children, Game Based Learning, Teaching Methods
Everybody Counts, but Usually Just to 10! A Systematic Analysis of Number Representations in Children's Books
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Powell, Sarah R.; Nurnberger-Haag, Julie – Early Education and Development, 2015
Research Findings: Teachers and parents often use trade books to introduce or reinforce mathematics concepts. To date, an analysis of the early numeracy content of trade books has not been conducted. Consequently, this study evaluated the properties of numbers and counting within trade books. We coded 160 trade books targeted at establishing early…
Descriptors: Numbers, Childrens Literature, Books, Numeracy
Number Knowledge and Young Children's Ability to Measure Length
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Kotsopoulos, Donna; Makosz, Samantha; Zambrzycka, Joanna – Early Education and Development, 2017
Research Findings: In this research we explore the relationship between young children's number knowledge and their measurement of length. First, we examined 4- to 5-year-olds' (kindergartners') understanding of and preference for using standard or nonstandard units to measure length. Second, we investigated whether the following tasks were…
Descriptors: Young Children, Numeracy, Measurement, Kindergarten
Improving Preschoolers' Numerical Abilities by Enhancing the Home Numeracy Environment
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Niklas, Frank; Cohrssen, Caroline; Tayler, Collette – Early Education and Development, 2016
Research Findings: Young children develop numeracy competencies during interactions with more knowledgeable others. Such interactions typically occur in the home numeracy environment (HNE). In this study a nonintensive intervention procedure was developed to improve both the HNE and numerical competencies. All parents of 113 Australian children…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Family Environment
Benefits of an Intervention Focused on Oddity and Seriation
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Kidd, Julie K.; Curby, Timothy W.; Boyer, Caroline E.; Gadzichowski, K. Marinka; Gallington, Deborah A.; Machado, Jessica A.; Pasnak, Robert – Early Education and Development, 2012
Research Findings: A total of 72 Head Start children (M age = 53.26 months, SD = 5.07) were randomly assigned to 4 conditions. Some were taught the oddity principle (choosing the object that differs from others in a group) and seriation (ordering objects on a dimension and inserting new objects into such orders), which are forms of thinking that…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Cognitive Development