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Attention to the integration of literacy : A systematic review of early math interventions in informal learning environments
Carter, Hannah Nelson, Gena Boedeker, Peter Buckmiller, Claire Werlin Eames, Jessica Knowles, Emma
Carter, Hannah
Nelson, Gena
Boedeker, Peter
Buckmiller, Claire Werlin
Eames, Jessica
Knowles, Emma
Abstract
Links between the development of early literacy and math skills are well documented. This systematic review focuses on how literacy is incorporated into informal math intervention studies for children in preschool to third grade, which has implications for researchers and those training caregivers to support their children at home. We reviewed 51 experimental or quasi-experimental studies published from 1981 to 2021 that investigated the effectiveness of math interventions in informal learning environments with a caregiver interventionist. Findings revealed that 100% of studies included literacy in some way. We also investigated what types of literacy activities were integrated, how literacy was a part of data sources collected, and in what ways literacy was mentioned explicitly by authors in research reports. The most common literacy activity was speaking and listening, and the most frequently included literacy data source was standardized literacy achievement measures. Finally, researchers in the included studies did not detail literacy throughout their research reports. While early math interventions often integrate literacy, the research base including math interventions would benefit from more explicit rationales for their use of literacy, and caregivers should be provided information to help understand how literacy should be a part of the way they work with their child on math at home.
Keywords
early literacy, early math, informal learning, literacy integration environments, systematic review
Date
2024
Type
Journal article
Journal
Psychology in the Schools
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Volume
61
Issue
10
Page Range
2036-2058
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ACU Department
Faculty of Education and Arts
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All rights reserved
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