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Scalise, Nicole R.; Daubert, Emily N.; Ramani, Geetha B. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2020
Low-income preschoolers have lower average performance on measures of early numerical skills than middle-income children. The present study examined the effectiveness of numerical card games in improving children's numerical and executive functioning skills. Low-income preschoolers (N = 76) were randomly assigned to play a numerical magnitude…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Mathematics Skills, Teaching Methods, Educational Games
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Geary, David C.; vanMarle, Kristy; Chu, Felicia W.; Hoard, Mary K.; Nugent, Lara – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
Children's first mathematics concept is their understanding of the quantities represented by number words (cardinal value), and the age at which they achieve this insight predicts their readiness for mathematics learning in school. We provide the first exploration of the factors that influence the age of becoming a cardinal principle knower (CPK),…
Descriptors: Age, Numbers, Preschool Children, Longitudinal Studies
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Huo, Shuting; Zhang, Xiao; Law, Yin Kum – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Drawing on Geary's (1995) evolution-based model of cognitive and academic development, this study investigated the relation between biologically primary skills (vocabulary, executive functions, and visual-spatial processing) and subsequent word reading and calculation. It also examined the extent to which these relations were mediated by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Socioeconomic Status, Vocabulary Development