The Growth Rates of Dot Enumeration Ability Predict Mathematics Achievements: A 5-Year Longitudinal Study

Autor/inn/en	Liu, Yingyi; Wong, Terry Tin-Yau
Titel	The Growth Rates of Dot Enumeration Ability Predict Mathematics Achievements: A 5-Year Longitudinal Study
Quelle	In: British Journal of Educational Psychology, 90 (2020) 3, S.604-617 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wong, Terry Tin-Yau)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-0998
DOI	10.1111/bjep.12318
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Kindergarten; Young Children; Mathematics Skills; Mathematics Achievement; Number Concepts; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Frühe Kindheit; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Mathmatics sikills; Mathematical ability; Number concept; Zahlbegriff; Hongkong
Abstract	Background: Dot enumeration is the basic mathematics competency in young children and a significant indicator of later mathematics achievement. Aim: The present study focused on (1) how children's dot enumeration ability changed as they progressed from late kindergarten years (K3) to the second year of primary school in Hong Kong (P2), and (2) the extent to which such changes are associated with students' mathematics outcomes assessed at the fourth grade, including standardized mathematics achievement, whole number magnitude understanding, and rational number concept. Sample(s): Two hundred and eleven Hong Kong kindergartners were recruited. Methods: The participants' dot enumeration was assessed from K3 to P2. Their mathematics outcomes were assessed at P4, including standardized mathematics achievement, whole number magnitude understanding, and rational number concept. Results: The changes in their dot enumeration speed reflected a linear growth pattern. Further, both the initial level and growth rate of dot enumeration predicted standardized mathematics achievement and whole number magnitude understanding 2 years later while only the latter predicted rational number concept. Conclusions: The results indicate the importance of focusing on children's growth in a specific mathematics skill, in addition to their status at one single time point. Practical implications are discussed in this article. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01