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Wijns, Nore; De Smedt, Bert; Verschaffel, Lieven; Torbeyns, Joke – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
Background: Early patterning competence has recently been identified as an important precursor of mathematical development. Whereas the focus of this research has been on children's ability regarding repeating patterns, children might also differ in their spontaneous attention to patterns. Aims: The present study aimed to explore 4- to 5-year…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Pattern Recognition, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Achievement
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Bakker, Merel; Torbeyns, Joke; Verschaffel, Lieven; De Smedt, Bert – Developmental Psychology, 2023
Children start preschool with large individual differences in their early numerical abilities. Little is known about the importance of heterogeneous patterns that exist within these individual differences. A person-centered analytic approach might be helpful to unravel these patterns and the cognitive and environmental factors that are associated…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Preschool Education