Home numeracy experiences and children’s math performance in the early school years.

LeFevre, Jo‐Anne; Skwarchuk, Sheri‐Lynn; L. Smith‐Chant, Brenda; Fast, Lisa; Kamawar, Deepthi; Bisanz, Jeffrey

doi:10.1037/a0014532

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Home numeracy experiences and children’s math performance in the early school years.

Published in Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement • Apr 1, 2009

Authors:

Jo‐Anne LeFevre

Sheri‐Lynn Skwarchuk

Brenda L. Smith‐Chant

Abstract

Children’s numerical competence in kindergarten is highly predictive of their acquisition of mathematics in Grade 1 and Grade 2, suggesting that experiences at home before schooling are important in understanding how numeracy develops. In this study, the mathematical skills of 146 children in Kinder...

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Numeracy

Psychology

Developmental psychology

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