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ERIC Number: EJ982662
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 36
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0737-0008
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Fostering At-Risk Kindergarten Children's Number Sense
Baroody, Arthur J.; Eiland, Michael D.; Purpura, David J.; Reid, Erin E.
Cognition and Instruction, v30 n4 p435-470 2012
A 9-month training experiment evaluated whether computer-assisted discovery learning of arithmetic regularities can facilitate kindergartners' fluency with the easiest sums. After a pretest, kindergartners with at least one risk factor (n = 28) were randomly assigned to either a structured add-0/1 training condition, which focused on recognizing the n + 0/0 + n = n and the n + 1/1 + n = the number-after-n rules, or an active control group. Using pretest fluency as the covariate, ANCOVAs revealed that the structured add-0/1 group significantly outperformed the control group on both practiced and unpracticed (transfer) n + 0/0 + n and n + 1/1 + n items at the delayed posttest and had significantly larger gains in mathematics achievement. Key instructional implications include: Early intervention that targets discovering rules for adding with 0 and 1 and "family-specific" developmental prerequisites is feasible and more effective than typical classroom instruction in promoting fluency with such basic sums. Such rules may be a critically important bridge between informal and formal mathematics. (Contains 8 footnotes, 5 tables, and 4 figures.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Kindergarten
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A080479
What Works Clearinghouse Reviewed: Meets Evidence Standards with Reservations
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