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Ramani, Geetha B.; Siegler, Robert S. – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2011
We compared the learning from playing a linear number board game of preschoolers from middle-income backgrounds to the learning of preschoolers from low-income backgrounds. Playing this game produced greater learning by both groups than engaging in other numerical activities for the same amount of time. The benefits were present on number line…
Descriptors: Low Income, Preschool Children, Comparative Analysis, Numeracy
Ramani, Geetha B.; Siegler, Robert S.; Hitti, Aline – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012
We examined whether a theoretically based number board game could be translated into a practical classroom activity that improves Head Start children's numerical knowledge. Playing the number board game as a small group learning activity promoted low-income children's number line estimation, magnitude comparison, numeral identification, and…
Descriptors: Number Concepts, Feedback (Response), Disadvantaged Youth, Class Activities
Watts, Tyler W.; Duncan, Greg J.; Siegler, Robert S.; Davis-Kean, Pamela E. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
A number of studies, both small scale and of nationally-representative student samples, have reported substantial associations between school entry math ability and later elementary school achievement. However, questions remain regarding the persistence of the association between early growth in math ability and later math achievement due to the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Academic Ability, Correlation, Elementary School Students
Siegler, Robert S.; Ramani, Geetha – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
The present study focused on two main goals. One was to test the "representational mapping hypothesis": The greater the transparency of the mapping between physical materials and desired internal representations, the greater the learning of the desired internal representation. The implication of the representational mapping hypothesis in the…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Disadvantaged Youth, Learning Strategies, Pretests Posttests
Siegler, Robert S.; Ramani, Geetha B. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
A theoretical analysis of the development of numerical representations indicated that playing linear number board games should enhance preschoolers' numerical knowledge and ability to acquire new numerical knowledge. The effect on knowledge of numerical magnitudes was predicted to be larger when the game was played with a linear board than with a…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Number Concepts, Arithmetic, Games
Siegler, Robert S.; Ramani, Geetha B. – Developmental Science, 2008
The numerical knowledge of children from low-income backgrounds trails behind that of peers from middle-income backgrounds even before the children enter school. This gap may reflect differing prior experience with informal numerical activities, such as numerical board games. Experiment 1 indicated that the numerical magnitude knowledge of…
Descriptors: Games, Number Concepts, Low Income Groups, Educational Games
Ramani, Geetha B.; Siegler, Robert S. – Child Development, 2008
Theoretical analyses of the development of numerical representations suggest that playing linear number board games should enhance young children's numerical knowledge. Consistent with this prediction, playing such a game for roughly 1 hr increased low-income preschoolers' (mean age = 5.4 years) proficiency on 4 diverse numerical tasks: numerical…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Numeracy, Educational Games, Number Concepts
Opfer, John E.; Siegler, Robert S. – Cognitive Psychology, 2004
Many preschoolers know that plants and animals share basic biological properties, but this knowledge does not usually lead them to conclude that plants, like animals, are living things. To resolve this seeming paradox, we hypothesized that preschoolers largely base their judgments of life status on a biological property, capacity for teleological…
Descriptors: Animals, Biology, Preschool Children, Concept Formation