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Preschool and primary school influences on the development of children's early numeracy skills between the ages of 3 and 7 years in Germany
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In this paper, the authors explored German children's numeracy skills between age 3 and age 7 and identified the influence of preschool experience on development while controlling for child factors, family background, and the quality of the home learning environment (HLE).Abstract:
Few studies have investigated how preschool and primary school interact to influence children's cognitive development. The present investigation explores German children's numeracy skills between age 3 (1st year of preschool) and age 7 (1st year of primary school). We first identified the influence of preschool experience on development while controlling for child factors, family background, and the quality of the home learning environment (HLE). We then considered how the instructional quality of primary schools influences numeracy. We finally analysed how preschool and primary school interact. We sampled 547 children who attended 97 German preschools. Latent growth curve analyses identified child and family factors related to age 3 numeracy and development to age 7: gender, migration background, socioeconomic status (SES), mother education, HLE. The effects of preschool on numeracy development persist until age 7 with notable effects from process quality. Strengthened efforts are needed to ensure high q...read more
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Quality of the home learning environment during preschool age – Domains and contextual conditions
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Stichwort: Auswirkungen frühkindlicher institutioneller Betreuung und Bildung
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Preschool Teachers’ Sensitivity to Mathematics in Children’s Play: The Influence of Math-Related School Experiences, Emotional Attitudes, and Pedagogical Beliefs
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Impact of Process Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care on Academic Outcomes: Longitudinal Meta‐Analysis
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A standard international socio-economic index of occupational status
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A standard international socio-economic index of occupational status
TL;DR: The International Socio-economic Index of Occupational status (ISEI) as discussed by the authors is derived from the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) using comparably coded data on education, occupation, and income for 73,901 full-time employed men from 16 countries.