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Early Numeracy Assessment In French preschool: structural analysis and links with children’s characteristics

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The development of early numeracy skills in preschoolers is an important predictor of future academic performance. A multiplicity of tasks or tests measure early numeracy skills in the English-language. Nevertheless, no tools are currently in French for evaluating and monitoring the development of young children’s early numeracy skills. The present study addressed this situation by creating a set of early numeracy tasks in French. In addition to examining the psychometric properties of those early numeracy tasks, we used multiple regression analyses to examine possible links between early numeracy skills and children’s characteristics (sex, age, socioeconomic status). Results obtained on a sample of 167 French kindergarten students (Mean = 5.17 years, Standard Deviation = 0.59) showed the tests to have good psychometric properties. Moreover, model fit for our data were better for a single-factor model than for a two-factor model. In addition, we found links between different dimensions of early numeracy and both children’s age and socioeconomic status.
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hal-03405217 , version 1 (27-10-2021)

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Aude Thomas, Youssef Tazouti, Lara Hoareau, Christophe Luxembourger, Blandine Hubert, et al.. Early Numeracy Assessment In French preschool: structural analysis and links with children’s characteristics. International Journal of Early Years Education, 2021, pp.1-18. ⟨10.1080/09669760.2021.1938518⟩. ⟨hal-03405217⟩
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