On the Trail of Early Numeracy Skills: Understanding, identifying and ameliorating young children’s early numeracy skills. A multimethod approach
Year: 2020
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The development of well-functioning numeracy skills is a foundation for further mathematical skills.Mathematical skills develop in a cumulative fashion, and to help children establish these skills, we need to better understand how they in fact develop, how to identify children who are at risk of developing mathematical learning difficulties, and last but not least how we can help remedy these difficulties.To better understand and ultimately support these children, we need to apply different methods and research designs.We need to make sure we raise questions that are detailed enough in order to avoid brevity, and help to answer the major question which iswhich are the most important skills to help children who struggle in mathematics?Which particular skills might be more relevant to be assessed in order to identify children who are at risk of developing mathematical learning difficulties?The first study examined the developmental relationship between the approximate number system and early mathematical skills, in two different datasets.The main objective was to further investigate the theory that the approximate number system has a potential casual influence on mathematical development.First, we reanalyzed the dataset from a recent study by Elliott, Feigenson, Halberda, and Libertus (2019).Using cross-lagged panel model Elliott et al. (2019) claimed a reciprocal relationship between the approximate number system 4.4.1 Open science framework .........
Author: Anita López-Pedersen
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3094126521