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Teaching Students What They Already Know? The (Mis)Alignment Between Mathematics Instructional Content and Student Knowledge in Kindergarten

Engel, Mimi, Claessens, Amy, Finch, Maida A.·2013·Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

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Kindergarten mathematics skills are important for subsequent achievement, yet mathematics is underemphasized in kindergarten classrooms. Using nationally representative data, this study explored the relationship between students’ school-entry math skills, classroom content coverage, and end-of-kindergarten math achievement. Although the vast majority of children entered kindergarten having mastered basic counting and able to recognize simple geometric shapes, their teachers reported spending the most mathematics time—typically about 13 days per month—on this content. On average, exposure to this basic mathematics content was negatively associated with math achievement across kindergarten. Importantly, children with the lowest levels of math skills benefited from exposure to this basic mathematics content whereas other children benefited from exposure to more advanced content.

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Authors: Engel, M., Claessens, A., & Finch, M. A.
Affiliations: Vanderbilt University (US)
University of Chicago (US)
Salisbury University (US)
ORCID: Engel, Mimi
Claessens, Amy
Finch, Maida A.
Venue: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
Publisher: American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Published: 2013-06
Volume: 35
Issue: 2
Pages: 157-178
ISSN: 0162-3737 (ISSN-L)
1935-1062
DOI: 10.3102/0162373712461850
OpenAlex: W243652177
Cited by: 259
References: 35
Citations by year: 2026: 20 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 17 · 2016: 30 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 4
FWCI: 7.65
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (publishedVersion)
Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
Social Sciences › Education › Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques
Keywords: kindergarten mathematics, mathematics education, mathematics achievement, counting, geometric figures, early childhood mathematics, low-achieving students

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