ERIC Number: EJ1475189
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Publication Date: 2025-Aug
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ISSN: ISSN-0938-8982
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Counting-Focused Intervention Effects for Students with Mathematics Difficulty: A Research Synthesis
Syeda Sharjina Akther1; Sarah R. Powell1; Danielle O. Lariviere1
Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, v40 n3 p162-180 2025
Counting is foundational to success with mathematics. In this synthesis, we analyzed 17 studies about counting-focused interventions for preschool and kindergarten students with mathematics difficulty or at-risk of mathematics difficulty. All interventions addressed several components of counting, including stable order, one-to-one correspondence, and cardinality. After students participated in a counting-focused intervention, results indicated moderate-to-strong proximal effects and positive transfer effects. Computer game-based counting interventions without instructional strategies had no significant effects on preschool students. Modeling, guided practice, feedback, and multiple representations (i.e., hands-on or virtual) were the most common instructional strategies used within the interventions.
Descriptors: Computation, Mathematics Skills, Learning Problems, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation, At Risk Students, Game Based Learning, Computer Games, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1Department of Special Education, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA