TY - JOUR
T1 - Effectiveness of the Building Blocks program for enhancing Ecuadorian kindergartners’ numerical competencies
AU - Bojorque, Gina
AU - Torbeyns, Joke
AU - Van Hoof, Jo
AU - Van Nijlen, Daniël
AU - Verschaffel, Lieven
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2018/7/1
Y1 - 2018/7/1
N2 - We investigated the effectiveness of the Building Blocks program for enhancing Ecuadorian kindergartners' early numerical abilities and spontaneous focusing on numerosity (SFON), after controlling for working memory, intelligence, age, and SES. Following a pretest-intervention-posttest design, 18 classes comprising 355 children from varied SES backgrounds were randomly assigned to either an experimental (BB program) or a control (regular mathematics program) condition. Results showed that the children from the experimental group made more progress in their early numerical competencies than those from the control group. Furthermore, the BB program was associated with higher quality mathematics education. We discuss the theoretical and educational implications for early numeracy development in general, and for the Ecuadorian situation in particular.
AB - We investigated the effectiveness of the Building Blocks program for enhancing Ecuadorian kindergartners' early numerical abilities and spontaneous focusing on numerosity (SFON), after controlling for working memory, intelligence, age, and SES. Following a pretest-intervention-posttest design, 18 classes comprising 355 children from varied SES backgrounds were randomly assigned to either an experimental (BB program) or a control (regular mathematics program) condition. Results showed that the children from the experimental group made more progress in their early numerical competencies than those from the control group. Furthermore, the BB program was associated with higher quality mathematics education. We discuss the theoretical and educational implications for early numeracy development in general, and for the Ecuadorian situation in particular.
KW - Building blocks program
KW - Early numerical abilities
KW - Intervention
KW - Kindergarten
KW - SFON
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85047258075
U2 - 10.1016/j.ecresq.2017.12.009
DO - 10.1016/j.ecresq.2017.12.009
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85047258075
SN - 0885-2006
VL - 44
SP - 231
EP - 241
JO - Early Childhood Research Quarterly
JF - Early Childhood Research Quarterly
ER -
