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Schadl, Constanze; Ufer, Stefan – Child Development, 2023
Previous research on the role of prior skills like proportional reasoning skills for the development of mathematical concepts offers conclusions such as "more (prior skills) is better (for later learning)." Insights, which prior skill "level" goes along with which "level" of learning outcomes, may advance the…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Mathematical Concepts, Thinking Skills, Mathematical Logic
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Baumert, Jurgen; Nagy, Gabriel; Lehmann, Rainer – Child Development, 2012
This article examines the development of social and ethnic disparities in academic achievement in elementary schooling. It investigated whether reading and mathematics development in 136 mixed-ability classes shows path-dependent processes of cumulative advantage (Matthew effects) from Grades 4 to 6 (Grade 4 mean age = 10.62, SD = 0.57) resulting…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Elementary School Students