Using a Brief Preschool Early Numeracy Skills Screener to Identify Young Children with Mathematics Difficulties

Autor/inn/en	Purpura, David J.; Reid, Erin E.; Eiland, Michael D.; Baroody, Arthur J.
Titel	Using a Brief Preschool Early Numeracy Skills Screener to Identify Young Children with Mathematics Difficulties
Quelle	In: School Psychology Review, 44 (2015) 1, S.41-59 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0279-6015
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Skills; Mathematics Instruction; Preschool Education; Screening Tests; At Risk Students; Preschool Children; Numeracy; Mathematics Achievement; Statistical Analysis; Expressive One Word Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Screening-Verfahren; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschule; Rechenkompetenz; Mathmatics sikills; Mathematical ability; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	A critical component in enhancing academic success is identifying children at risk of later academic difficulties. Although significant efforts have been devoted to design effective assessment processes in elementary school, fewer efforts (particularly for mathematics) have been made for preschool. The focus of this study was to design and evaluate a brief early numeracy skills screening tool. Measure development and validation occurred in a two-stage process with diverse and distinct samples. In the first stage, 393 preschool children were assessed on a battery of early numeracy tasks. By use of an item response theory framework, 24 items that spanned the ability continuum were selected for inclusion in the brief measure. In the second stage, 129 preschool children were assessed on the brief measure, the Test of Early Mathematics Ability-Third Edition, and two literacy measures. The data resulted in acceptable psychometric properties and strong diagnostic accuracy. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/4/11