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Klibanoff, Raquel S.; Levine, Susan C.; Huttenlocher, Janellen; Vasilyeva, Marina; Hedges, Larry V. – Developmental Psychology, 2006
This study examined the relation between the amount of mathematical input in the speech of preschool or day-care teachers and the growth of children's conventional mathematical knowledge over the school year. Three main findings emerged. First, there were marked individual differences in children's conventional mathematical knowledge by 4 years of…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Mathematics Skills, Skill Development, Mathematical Concepts
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Frost, Janet Hart; Wiest, Lynda R. – Mathematics Educator, 2007
Females, students of color, and students of low socioeconomic status (SES) are often underserved or marginalized in mathematics education. However, some instructional approaches and intervention programs have been shown to educate these students more equitably. This study examines how girls of diverse racial/ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Intervention, Student Attitudes, Females
Rohwer, William D., Jr.; Levin, Joel R. – 1970
The major emphasis of this study is on the comparative validities of paired-associate learning tests and IQ tests in predicting reading achievement. The study engages in a brief review of earlier research in order to examine the validity of two assumptions--that the construction and/or the use of a tactic that simplifies a learning task is one of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes
Klein, Arthur J.; Deffenbaugh, Walter S.; Covert, Timon; Lathrop, Edith A. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1928
This bulletin is comprised of three primary sections relating to educational surveys: This first section, Higher Educational Surveys, 1922-1924 and 1924-1926 (Arthur J. Klein) discusses: (1) Number and Scope of Surveys; (2) Standardized Inquiry; (3) Economic and Social Background; (4) Coordination and Control; and (5) Support for Higher Education.…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Urban Schools, Rural Schools, Supervision