Math Skills
Relation to social mobility
Achievement in math affects achievement in other areas, including higher education and income. Its absence is correlated to dropping outImportance
Critical
infancy and elementary school ages, high school
Important
the transition between elementary and middle school, the transition between junior high and high school.
Sources
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Slavin & Cheung (2013), ” The effectiveness of educational technology applications for enhancing mathematics achievement in K-12 classrooms: A meta-analysis”, Educational Research Review.
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What to Influence
Ways to Influence
Birth to six
age of infancy to elementary school
age of infancy to elementary school
Exposure to mathematics in daily life, professionalism of teachers, cultivation of metacognitive abilities (supervision, control, memory), accompanying the transition from kindergarten to elementary school
Elementary school ages
elementary school
transitions between elementary to junior high
elementary school
Through professionalism of teachers
transitions between elementary to junior high
Support of the transition and dealing with absences
How to Influence in high school
Post-primary ages
transitions between junior high to high school
high school
transitions between junior high to high school
Support of the transition and dealing with absences
high school
Cultivation of professionalism of teachers, boosting of motivation, personalized learning programs