Educational Psychology / Unit 9 EDP 0820 short lesson, about 20 seconds
A Board Game and Number Knowledge
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The idea
Before kindergarten, low-income children's number knowledge lags behind that of more affluent children; in Ramani and Siegler's study, about an hour of a numerical board game over two weeks produced gains lasting months.
In practice
Counting squares while moving a token builds a sense of how large numbers are.
Where people slip
A gap linked to experience can shrink with experience.
Your place on the trail
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