ERIC Number: ED597775
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 47
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-
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The Quality of Mathematics Instruction in Kindergarten: Associations with Students' Achievement and Motivation
Mantzicopoulos, Panayota; French, Brian F.; Patrick, Helen
Grantee Submission
We examined associations between the quality of kindergarten teachers' mathematics instruction and their students' achievement and motivation in mathematics. Using a sample of 20 kindergarten teachers and their 285 students, we rated five video-recorded mathematics lessons per teacher throughout the spring semester with the Mathematical Quality of Instruction (MQI). We collected information about students' achievement from teacher-ratings of student performance relative to state standards and an individually-administered standardized measure of mathematical reasoning. We obtained data about students' mathematics motivation (self-competence beliefs, interest, effort expenditure, and need for support) through individual interviews with the children and via teacher ratings. Multi-level modeling analyses indicated that scores on the MQI's Ambitious Mathematics Instruction scale and the Whole Lesson Scale predicted students' end-of-year progress on kindergarten mathematics standards but not their standardized test scores. The Whole Lesson scores were associated with teacher-rated students' motivation for mathematics (interest and need for support). [This paper was published in the "Elementary School Journal" v119 n4 p651-676 2019 (EJ1217817).]
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A140664