Basic counting competencies alone are considerably predictive of fifth grade mathematics achievement when modeled without advanced counting¶

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q2 i2 In Model 3, basic counting competencies alone predicted later mathematics achievement (β = 0.25, SE = 0.04, p < 0.001), with patterning, geometry, and measurement and data coefficients similar to earlier models. → Nguyen 2016

Evidence¶

Nguyen 2016¶

Nguyen, T., Watts, T. W., Duncan, G. J., Clements, D. H., Sarama, J. S., Wolfe, C., & Spitler, M. E. (2016). Which Preschool Mathematics Competencies Are Most Predictive of Fifth Grade Achievement? Early Childhood Research Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2016.02.003

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Regression Model 3 on the 781-child TRIAD subsample entered only basic counting (verbal counting, number recognition, one-to-one correspondence) alongside the other three competency domains, covariates, and classroom fixed effects.

"we included only the basic counting competencies and found that it was considerably predictive of later mathematics achievement (β = 0.25, SE = 0.04, p < 0.001)."

Discussion¶

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