Preschool block play complexity predicts later mathematics achievement, with relationships emerging by seventh grade¶
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q3 i? Preschool block play complexity, controlling for IQ and gender, was positively related to seventh-grade math test scores and high school math grades, math courses, and honors courses. → Bergen 2002
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Bergen 2002¶
Bergen, Doris. (2002). The Role of Pretend Play in Children's Cognitive Development. Early Childhood Research & Practice, v4 n1. http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v4n1/bergen.htm
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The review reports, citing Wolfgang, Stannard, and Jones, a longitudinal study relating preschool block play complexity to later math outcomes, controlling for IQ and gender; the researchers speculate no relationships appeared at third and fifth grades because of "minimum skill and memorization" tests.
"a longitudinal study in which preschool children were rated on the complexity of their block play (which has a high symbolic component) and then were followed into their high school years found (controlling for IQ and gender) positive relationships with seventh-grade mathematical test scores and high school measures of math grades, number of math courses, and number of honors courses"
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Preschool block play complexity predicts later mathematics achievement, with relationships emerging by seventh grade |
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Preschool block play complexity predicts later mathematics achievement, with relationships emerging by seventh grade |
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