Early Numeracy and Literacy Skills and Their Influences on Fourth-Grade Mathematics Achievement: A Moderated Mediation Model

Autor/in	Chang, Isabelle
Titel	Early Numeracy and Literacy Skills and Their Influences on Fourth-Grade Mathematics Achievement: A Moderated Mediation Model
Quelle	In: Large-scale Assessments in Education, 11 (2023), Artikel 18 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Chang, Isabelle)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1186/s40536-023-00168-6
Schlagwörter	Numeracy; Emergent Literacy; Early Experience; Mathematics Achievement; Grade 4; Elementary School Students; Achievement Tests; Elementary Secondary Education; Mathematics Tests; International Assessment; Foreign Countries; Predictor Variables; Cross Cultural Studies; Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rechenkompetenz; Frühleseunterricht; Frühbeginn; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Ausland; Prädiktor; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich
Abstract	This study explored the influence of early literacy and numeracy skills on fourth-grade math achievement using the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). The study utilized valuable information collected by TIMSS about context related questionnaires such as home resources for learning, early literacy and numeracy development, readiness for school, and students' home and school lives in a cross cultural and linguistic framework. The main purpose of this study was aligned with those of TIMSS to improve math learning and performance and strengthen future employees' skills in the global workplace. Participants were comprised of mostly Asian and European students. Results show that (1) early literacy skills have a stronger effect on G4 math scores than early numeracy skills; (2) Home resources for learning impact more on children's early literacy skills than early numeracy skills; (3) both early literacy and numeracy activities have progressed to early literacy skills but demonstrated limited advancement to early numeracy skills, a missing link; (4) students' confidence in math emerged as the strongest predictor of G4 math scores; (5) students with stronger early literacy skills and early numeracy skills are more confident in math; and (6) The moderated mediation analysis revealed that (a) early literacy skills have stronger direct effects on G4 math achievement than early numeracy skills; (b) the effects of early numeracy skills on G4 math scores become more pronounced for children with weaker early literacy skills (i.e., conditional effects); and (c) the effect of early numeracy skills on G4 math achievement is transmitted through students' confidence (i.e., mediator) and the effect is more prominent for those who had more proficient early literacy skills (i.e., conditional indirect effects). Findings from the conditional direct and indirect effects of early numeracy skills on G4 math achievement suggest that children who had more proficient early literacy skills utilize strategies beyond just early numeracy skills to solve G4 math problems and that children's strategies to solve math problems may be enhanced by the proficiency of their literacy skills. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01