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Caroline Cohrssen; Jill Fielding; Jo Bird – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
There is growing interest in mathematics learning progressions in early childhood education. Counting is a skill usually developed early in life. The application of the counting principles in early childhood typically entails counting objects. This poses challenges for learning about zero. Indeed, the word "zero" is seldom used in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computation, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
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Marios Pittalis – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2025
A theoretical model describing Grade 7 students' rational number sense was formulated and validated empirically (n = 360), hypothesizing that rational number sense is a general construct consisting of three factors: basic rational number sense, arithmetic sense, and flexibility with rational numbers. Data analysis suggested that rational-number…
Descriptors: Middle School Mathematics, Middle School Students, Grade 7, Numbers
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David Muñez; Josetxu Orrantia; Rosario Sanchez; Lieven Verschaffel; Laura Matilla – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2025
Previous research has demonstrated a link between children's ability to name canonical finger configurations and their mathematical abilities. This study aimed to investigate the nature of this association, specifically exploring whether the relationship is skill and handshape specific and identifying the underlying mechanisms involved.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers