AICER Presents Dr. Nadia Nosworthy

Andrews International Center for Educational Research (AICER) invites students, faculty and interested participants to attend a research symposium on Monday, January 26, at 5:30 p.m.

Presenter:  Dr. Nadia Nosworthy, Graduate Psychology & Counseling Assistant Professor, Andrews University

Assessment of Early Numeracy Skills
There is growing evidence to suggest math skills are just as important as reading skills when predicting a child’s academic success and overall well-being. Children’s ability to compare symbolic (e.g., Arabic numerals) and non-symbolic (e.g., dot arrays) numerical magnitudes has been found to correlate with their math achievement. Consequently my colleagues and I designed a two-minute paper-and-pencil assessment to measure kindergarten children’s ability to compare symbolic and non-symbolic numerical magnitudes and assessed the degree to which performance on this measure explains individual differences in achievement. Research results revealed that symbolic and non-symbolic number comparison accuracy scores correlated with individual differences in arithmetic achievement and participants’ scores on the paper-and-pencil test in kindergarten were a significant predictor of math performance in grade one. The findings suggest the important role of symbolic and non-symbolic processing in children’s higher-level math abilities and also highlight the potential of this tool for assessment of early foundational numerical abilities.

Face-to-face participants meet in Bell Hall 015

Online participants login at  https://andrews.zoom.us/j/618510300  whether or not they are registered Andrews’ students.