Mathematics Skills of Kosovar Primary School Children: A Special View on Children with Mathematical Learning Difficulties
| Autor: | Pekka Räsänen, Linda Salihu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
mathematics skills assessment
education Mathematical learning Academic achievement low math achievement behavioral disciplines and activities lcsh:LB5-3640 Education Achievement level limited math ability oppimisvaikeudet Mathematics education Achievement test matemaattiset taidot 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ta516 mathematical learning difficulties Socioeconomic status sosioekonomiset tekijät Intelligence quotient 05 social sciences socio-economic background 050301 education lcsh:Theory and practice of education Reading comprehension 0503 education School attendance 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, Vol 10, Iss 4, Pp 421-430 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 1307-9298 |
| Popis: | The present study examined the development of mathematics skills of Kosovar primary school children in terms of their gender, living area, socio-economic status, and achievement level. A special emphasis was placed on longitudinal investigations of the development of mathemat-ics skills in children with learning difficulties in mathematics over a 2-year and 4-month period. Participants were 553 fourth-graders, 85 of whom identified with mathematical learning difficulties were classified into two subgroups: children with low mathematics achievement and children with limited mathematics ability. Results have shown that there were no gender differences in mathematics achievement. Children’s living areas as well as their socio-economic status were observed to have a substantial impact on math performance. The performance level of limited math ability children was lower as compared to low math achieving children on all of the measures assessing math outcomes and reading comprehension. Findings indicate that a majority of the limited math ability group members still met the cutoff criterion after more than 2 years of school attendance. peerReviewed |
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