ERIC Number: EJ1217131
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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Promoting Number Sense of Egyptian Autistic Children Mainstreamed in Kindergartens through Visual Scaffolding
Elmonayer, Randa Abdelaleem
Early Child Development and Care, v189 n8 p1242-1255 2019
The present study examines the effect of visual scaffolding on promoting number sense skills (including number recognition, counting, ordinality, comparison, and calculation) of Egyptian autistic children mainstreamed in kindergartens. The participants were five autistic children, enrolled in the second level of kindergarten (ages 5-6). "Kindergarten Inventory of number sense" was developed by the author in light of relevant previous studies. Pre- and post-tests were administered to participants. In between the two tests, the study group engaged in visual scaffolding activities designed to improve their number sense, using a strategy including a combination of scaffolding techniques integrated with multiple types of visual representations. A follow-up test was administered to the study group eight weeks after the completion of the activities. The findings suggest that children in the study group have higher number sense levels in the post-test, compared to pre-test, and they maintained the high levels in the follow-up test.
Descriptors: Autism, Foreign Countries, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Numbers, Mainstreaming, Number Concepts, Kindergarten, Pretests Posttests, Young Children, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Mathematics, Comparative Analysis, Visual Aids
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Egypt
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