ERIC Number: EJ1373435
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1040-9289
EISSN: EISSN-1556-6935
Variations in Kindergarten Teachers' Cognitive Activations in Math-Related Activities by Child Factors
Pan, Yue-Juan; Liu, Shan-Shan; Wang, Yu; Wu, Ni-Wen; Xie, Shuang
Early Education and Development, v34 n1 p243-255 2023
Research Findings: The present study analyzes whether child factors are linked to variations in teacher cognitive activation (CA) among individual children in math-related activities within Chinese kindergarten classrooms. The findings show that teachers tend to provide direct CA with high concreteness and that child engagement with tasks is significantly positively associated with the ratio of teacher CA to individual children. Moreover, a child's math ability is significantly negatively associated with both the ratio and overall contingency degree of CA that a child experiences. Practice or Policy: These results suggest that teachers should improve their knowledge and competence to adapt their teaching behaviors to child characteristics to provide children with high-quality and equitable math learning opportunities and that children should be taught to highly engage to obtain more proactive reactions from their learning environments.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Young Children, Preschool Teachers, Mathematics Activities, Cognitive Processes, Learner Engagement, Mathematical Aptitude, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Influence, Teacher Student Relationship, Thinking Skills, Concept Formation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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