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A Systematic Review of the Research on the Knowledge and Skills of Australian Preservice Teachers
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Stephenson, Jennifer – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2018
Since knowledge and skills related to curriculum content and pedagogy are crucial for teachers, it is of interest to explore the research relating to what preservice teachers know and can do. Refereed journal articles published between 2005 and 2015 that reported on the assessment of the knowledge or skills of Australian preservice teachers are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Exploring Children's Thinking with and about Numbers from a Resources-Based Approach
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Scheuer, Nora; Santamaria, Flavia Irene; Echenique, Mónica Haydée – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
The aim of this study is to achieve a deeper understanding of the repertoire of cognitive resources children can display in the process of learning numbers. Forty-two children attending Age 4 Kindergarten Class or Year-One in Argentina were individually interviewed, based on a semi-structured script requiring them to represent definite and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Numeracy, Mathematics Skills, Kindergarten
Development and Measurement of Preschoolers' Quantitative Knowledge
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Geary, David C. – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2015
The collection of studies in this special issue make an important contribution to our understanding and measurement of the core cognitive and noncognitive factors that influence children's emerging quantitative competencies. The studies also illustrate how the field has matured, from a time when the quantitative competencies of infants and young…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Statistical Analysis, Knowledge Level, Competence
Early Numeracy and Literacy: Untangling the Relation between Specific Components
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Purpura, David J.; Napoli, Amy R. – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2015
Although it is evident that advanced aspects of numeracy are dependent on the successful acquisition of early skills, this developmental process does not occur in isolation from other academic factors. Early literacy skills are intertwined with the acquisition of early numeracy skills, particularly at the informal numeracy and numeral knowledge…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Mathematics Skills, Emergent Literacy, Reading Skills
An Analysis of Content Knowledge and Cognitive Abilities as Factors That Are Associated with Algebra Performance
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McLean, Tamika Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The current study investigated college students' content knowledge and cognitive abilities as factors associated with their algebra performance, and examined how combinations of content knowledge and cognitive abilities related to their algebra performance. Specifically, the investigation examined the content knowledge factors of computational…
Descriptors: College Students, Knowledge Level, College Mathematics, Mathematics Skills
Determining the Numeracy and Algebra Errors of Students in a Two-Year Vocational School
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Akyüz, Gözde – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
The goal of this study was to determine the mathematics achievement level in basic numeracy and algebra concepts of students in a two-year program in a technical vocational school of higher education and determine the errors that they make in these topics. The researcher developed a diagnostic mathematics achievement test related to numeracy and…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Algebra, Vocational Schools, Two Year Colleges
Ethnic Minority Student Achievement in Mathematics in the Early School Years in Cambodian Bilingual Schools: CARE's Riel Mathematics Research Project
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Frawley, Jack; Watt, Ron – Curriculum and Teaching, 2011
Research investigating the cognitive effect of bilingualism on mathematical learning began just over 25 years ago and has progressed from there, although research focusing on the Asia-Pacific region is still quite limited. This paper presents details about a current project in this area. CARE's Riel Maths research project investigates ethnic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingualism, Bilingual Education, Minority Group Students