Joyful Number Talks in Kindergarten

The joyful mind.

n the 1950s psychiatrist robert heath of tulane university launched a controversial program to surgically implant electrodes into the brains of patients institutionalized with epilepsy, schizophrenia, depression and other severe neurological conditions. His initial objective: to locate the biological seat of these disorders and, by artificially stimulating those regions, perhaps cure individual...

Early math matters: kindergarten number competence and later mathematics outcomes.

Children's number competencies over 6 time points, from the beginning of kindergarten to the middle of 1st grade, were examined in relation to their mathematics achievement over 5 later time points, from the end of 1st grade to the end of 3rd grade. The relation between early number competence and mathematics achievement was strong and significant throughout the study period. A sequential proce...

An exploratory study of a number sense program to develop kindergarten students' number proficiency.

This study examined the effectiveness of a number sense program on kindergarten students' number proficiency and responsiveness to treatment as a function of students' risk for mathematics difficulties. The program targeted development of relationships among numbers (e.g., spatial, more and less). A total of 101 kindergarten students (not at risk: 22 control and 36 experimental; at risk: 18 and...

Redshirting in Kindergarten Running Head: Redshirting in Kindergarten The Extent, Patterns, and Implications of Kindergarten ―Redshirting‖

Kindergarten ―redshirting‖—the decision to delay a child‘s kindergarten entry—may have consequences both for the redshirted child and for other children whose grade cohort will be affected. We use longitudinal data from a nationally-representative sample of children born in 2001 to estimate the prevalence of redshirting, its relationship to family and child characteristics, and its impact on th...

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