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Assessed Numeracy Skills and Skill Use of Adults with Learning Disabilities in PIAAC
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Patterson, Margaret Becker – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2023
Adults with learning disabilities (LD) face educational and employment challenges and may also have other disabilities and health conditions. Little is known about these adults' numeracy skills and how they use numeracy at work or home. The article's objective was to investigate numeracy skills and skill use for U.S. adults with LD. The author…
Descriptors: Adults, Learning Disabilities, Numeracy, Mathematics Skills
A Case Study on Mathematical Literacy of Prospective Elementary School Teachers
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Suharta, I. Gusti Putu; Suarjana, I. Made – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
The purpose of this study is to describe Mathematical Literacy (ML) of Prospective Elementary School Teachers with attention to aspects of mathematical skills and gender. The type of research is qualitative with the research design of Case Study. Respondents are assigned 12 Prospective Elementary School Teachers, consisting of 6 men and 6 women.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary Education, Numeracy, Case Studies
The Effectiveness of Computer and Tablet Assisted Intervention in Early Childhood Students' Understanding of Numbers. An Empirical Study Conducted in Greece
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Papadakis, Stamatios; Kalogiannakis, Michail; Zaranis, Nicholas – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
The present study aimed to assess the effect of two different types of digital technologies (computers and tablets) in early childhood students' understanding of numbers. Three hundred and sixty-five children (mean age in months, M = 62.0, SD = 5.5) from 21 kindergarten classes were randomly assigned to two intervention groups and a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computers
Sex Differences in the Spatial Representation of Number
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Bull, Rebecca; Cleland, Alexandra A.; Mitchell, Thomas – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2013
There is a large body of accumulated evidence from behavioral and neuroimaging studies regarding how and where in the brain we represent basic numerical information. A number of these studies have considered how numerical representations may differ between individuals according to their age or level of mathematical ability, but one issue rarely…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Gender Differences, Spatial Ability, Numbers
An Assessment of Number Sense among Secondary School Students
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Singh, Parmjit – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2009
This paper reports selected findings from a study of number sense proficiency of students aged 13 to 16 years in a state in Malaysia. A total of 1756 students, from thirteen schools in a state in Malaysia participated in this study. A majority (74.9%) of these students obtained an A grade for their respective year-end school examinations. The…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Numbers
A Study of the Performance of 5th Graders in Number Sense and Its Relationship to Achievement in Mathematics
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Yang, Der-Ching; Li, Mao-neng; Lin, Chih-I – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2008
In order to investigate the performance of number sense and its relationships with mathematics achievement of Taiwanese students who had just completed the 5th-grade mathematics curriculum, a computerized number sense scale has been developed. This number sense scale includes four factors which are recognizing relative number size, using multiple…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Mathematics Achievement, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries