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EJ629993
PS531884
Title: Block Play Performance among Preschoolers as a Predictor of Later School Achievement in Mathematics.
Author(s): Wolfgang, Charles H.; Stannard, Laura L.; Jones, Ithel
Source: Journal of Research in Childhood Education, v15 n2 p173-80 Spr-Sum 2001
Publication Date: 2001
ISSN: 0256-8543
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJJAN2002
This longitudinal
study correlated block play performance at age 4 to mathematics
achievement for third-, fifth-, and seventh-graders, and high school
students. No correlation was found between block performance and
standardized mathematics tests or grades in elementary school. Beginning
in middle school and through high school grades, a positive correlation
was demonstrated between preschool block performance and mathematics
achievement. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: *Elementary School Students; *High School Students;
Longitudinal Studies; *Mathematics Achievement; *Middle School Students;
*Play; Predictor Variables; Preschool Children
Identifiers: *Blocks
