A Pilot Study about the Effect and Sustainability of Early Interventions for Children with Early Mathematical Difficulties in Kindergarten

Autor/inn/en	Praet, Magda; Desoete, Annemie
Titel	A Pilot Study about the Effect and Sustainability of Early Interventions for Children with Early Mathematical Difficulties in Kindergarten
Quelle	In: Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 17 (2019) 1, S.29-40 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1937-6928
Schlagwörter	Early Intervention; Kindergarten; Learning Problems; Mathematics Skills; Grade 1; Numeracy; Low Achievement; High Achievement; Mathematics Achievement; Educational Games; Short Term Memory; Computation; Program Effectiveness; At Risk Students; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernproblem; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; Rechenkompetenz; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathematical ability; Educational game; Lernspiel; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Belgien
Abstract	The purpose of the present pilot study was to evaluate the effects of particular educational math games in kindergarten on numerical skills in Grade 1. Our participants were 49 children with early math difficulties, 65 average achievers, and 48 high-achieving 5-year-old children. All of them played various adaptive math games for 5 weeks. To avoid the Hawthorne effect, 37 children engaged in non-math-related games whereas the other children played counting, comparison, or numerical working-memory games. The results indicated that the effect of working memory and combined counting and comparison games continued until January of Grade 1. At the end of Grade 1, about 87% of the children with learning problems that had participated in the working memory game in kindergarten performed average on arithmetic skills. The present pilot study shows that children at risk of math disabilities can benefit greatly from the use of certain games to prevent learning difficulties. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01