Does neuromotor immaturity represents a risk for acquiring basic academic skills in school-age children? by Ivanović Lidija B., Ilić-Stošović Danijela, Nikolić Snežana, Medenica Veselin

“…There was a significantly higher prevalence of students with difficulties in reading, writing and numeracy in the group of neuromotor immature students. …”
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Pengaruh Permainan Balok Angka Terhadap Kemampuan Berhitung Anak Usia 5-6 Tahun di PAUD Marqisah by Raudah Raudah, Amilda Amilda, Fuaddilah Ali Sofyan, Leny Marlina

“…As for the problem of this research, is there any influence of the number block game on the numeracy ability of children aged 5-6 years at PAUD Marqisah, Segamit Village, Semende Darat Ulu, Muara Enim. 5-6 years in PAUD Marqisah, Segamit Village, Semende Darat Ulu, Muara Enim. …”
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Governance Indicators and Responsiveness to Population Decline: School Closures in Practice and Discourse in Saxony-Anhalt by Walter Bartl, Reinhold Sackmann

“…However, as the participants gain in democratic numeracy, the use of numbers becomes politicised. With respect to the pattern of school closures, grammar schools receive a disproportionately large share of public attention. …”
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The relationship between cognitive style and political orientation depends on the measures used by Onurcan Yilmaz, S. Adil Saribay

“…Future research must further pursue the implications of the known differences (e.g., reliance on numeracy vs. verbal skills) of ACS measures and distinguish different senses of reflectiveness.…”
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The Developmental and Educational Impact of Hearing Impairment in Aboriginal Children Living in Remote Australia – A Data Linkage Study by Md Shajedur Rahman Shawon

“…The outcome measures were Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) results, representing developmental outcomes at around age 5 years; Year 1 school attendance rates; and, National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) results for Year 3 for academic achievement. …”
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The impact of an inclusive education intervention on learning outcomes for girls with disabilities within a resource-poor setting by Mark Carew, Marcella Deluca, Nora Groce, Sammy Fwaga, Maria Kett

“…Results: Relative to the control group, girls with disabilities in the intervention group reported a greater increase in literacy and numeracy attainment, adjusted for grade and level of functional difficulty. …”
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Maternal prenatal and perinatal psychiatric hospitalizations and academic performance in adolescent offspring: a register-based, data linkage, cohort study by G. Ayano, B. Dachew, K. Betts, R. Alati

“…The educational performance of the offspring was assessed by National Assessment Program for Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). A multiple Logistic regression model was employed to investigate the association Results After controlling for relevant covariates, we found that adolescent children of mothers with psychiatric hospitalizations before, during, and after pregnancy were at increased risk of substandard academic performance in all domains, with the highest odds for numeracy [OR, 2.88 (95%CI 2.50-3.31)] followed by reading [OR, 2.08 (95%CI 1.81-2.38)], spelling [OR, 1.74 (95%CI 1.51-2.01), and writing [OR, 1.56 (95%CI 1.34-1.80). …”
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Measuring cultural capital through the number of books in the household by Swen Sieben, Clemens M. Lechner

“…We analyzed the two items’ distributions (total sample and separately by age-group), test-retest reliability over 3 years (for past cultural capital only), and their convergent and divergent validity (i.e., correlations with socioeconomic status, literacy and numeracy skills, and cultural and literary activities). …”
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Is parental awareness of children's academic potential a good predictor of children's learning outcomes in Early Year's settings? Findings from two provinces in Pakistan and India by Nadia Siddiqui, Pauline Dixon, Stephen Gorard

“…The descriptive analysis shows moderate to low positive associations between parental awareness of children's learning and children's actual outcomes in literacy, numeracy, and social emotional learning. Parental awareness is more positively associated with literacy than numeracy and it is slightly negative for non-cognitive outcomes. …”
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Family background and home literacy environment as predictors of the early literacy development of children in Wales - findings from the millennium cohort study by Ma, S

“…Additionally, direct pathways were revealed between family income to early vocabulary at age 5, between maternal education to English writing at age 7, and between maternal literacy/numeracy skills and English reading at age 7. The results suggest that home tutoring may be insufficient to close the attainment gaps from early disparities, and the effects of family background are more salient than previously thought.…”

Best methods of communicating clinical trial data to improve understanding of treatments for patients with multiple sclerosis by Reen, G, Silber, E, Langdon, D

“…Patients with MS with low numeracy, low IQ, and reduced cognitive skills should be supported during treatment education.…”

Family play, reading, and other stimulation and early childhood development in five low-and-middle-income countries by Cuartas, J, McCoy, D, Sánchez, J, Behrman, J, Cappa, C, Donati, G, Heymann, J, Lu, C, Raikes, A, Rao, N, Richter, L, Stein, A, Yoshikawa, H

“…<br> • Results suggest that family stimulation predicted increments in children's numeracy, literacy, social-emotional, motor, and executive function skills.…”

Level up! A design-based investigation of a prototype digital game for children who are low-attaining in mathematics by Holmes, W

“…</p> <p>This study used a design-based research approach to investigate a prototype digital game, that implements principles of an effective numeracy intervention and draws on insights from learning theory and the cognitive sciences, designed for children in primary schools who are low-attaining in mathematics. …”

Development of self-help groups for caregivers of children with disabilities in Kilifi, Kenya: process evaluation by Gona, JK, Newton, C, Hartley, S, Bunning, K

“…However, critical to group progression are literacy and numeracy skills amongst the members, their geographical proximity, regular meetings of the group, viable income generating projects and strong leadership.…”

LiNuSR: impak pengurusan bilik darjah di sekolah kebangsaan by Isa, Anniliza Mohd, Mydin, Al-Amin, Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Kanesan

“…LiNuSR is the acronym for primary school literacy and numeracy related programs in Malaysia such as LINUS, LINUS 2.0 and PLaN conducted to ensure literacy and numeracy achievement is 100% after three years of study in primary school. …”
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Associations between women's empowerment and child development, growth, and nurturing care practices in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional analysis of demographic and health sur... by Lilia Bliznashka, Ifeyinwa E Udo, Christopher R Sudfeld, Wafaie W Fawzi, Aisha K Yousafzai

“…The child outcomes included cognitive, socioemotional, literacy-numeracy, and physical development (Early Childhood Development Index), linear growth (height-for-age Z-score (HAZ) and stunting (HAZ <-2). …”
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Elizabeth Parker’s Sampler/Diary: The Autobiographical Needle by Róisín Quinn-Lautrefin

“…Relying on an unusual stitched text made by a young servant in the 1830s, this essay sets out to explore the Victorian sampler as a didactic tool designed to inculcate desirable behaviour as well as literacy and numeracy in young girls. Often viewed as repetitive exercises designed to enforce social norms of femininity, however, samplers could paradoxically prove to be spaces for girls to express their individualities and subjectivities.…”
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Evaluación Ciudadana de Competencias Básicas de Lectura y Aritmética y Análisis de Factores Asociados en Yucatán, México by Samana Vergara-Lope Tristán, Felipe J. Hevia, Víctor Rabay

“…</p><p class="10Titulo1-Ingles" align="left"><strong><br /></strong></p><p class="10Titulo1-Ingles" align="left"><strong>Citizen-Led Assessment of Achieve Literacy and Numeracy and Performance Factors Analysis in Yucatán, Mexico</strong></p><p class="5Resumen">Introduction: We do not have specific information about the level of literacy and numeracy in the state of Yucatan, despite the development of educational evaluation in Mexico and analysis of individual, family and social factors that influence these results in these State were not found. …”
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Exploring the effects of an evidenced-based professional development programme on teaching and learning in Chinese kindergartens by Huang, R

“…In terms of child development, the International Development and Early Learning Assessment (IDELA; Save the Children, 2011) was used to measure children’s emergent literacy, numeracy, executive function, and social-emotional skills. …”

The Role Distance Learning Has to Play in Offender Education by Caroline Seelig

“… This article looks into the uses of digital and online tools in distance learning to improve literacy and numeracy of offenders in New Zealand prisons.  Looking at the benefits and restrictions of digital education within the prison environment, this article discusses the solutions that Open Polytechnic, in partnership with the the New Zealand Government, has put in place to give prisoners further opportunity for rehabilitation, and ultimately prepare them for re-entry into society, the workforce or further study. …”
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