[MATHLINK] New paper on math vocabulary from preschool to grade 5

[Anne Lafay]

Dear collegues, 

My collegue Marie Christel Helloin and I published a paper on the development of mathematical vocabulary understanding from preschool to grade 5 based on four speech-language pathology assessment tests, in free access here:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0222961724002071 

Mathematical vocabulary predicts the development of mathematical skills. The aims were to evaluate the construct validity of four subtests assessing children's understanding of mathematical vocabulary and to provide developmental benchmarks of word acquisition. A group of 535 French children from preschool (4–5 years old) to the fifth grade completed from one to four tests of mathematical vocabulary comprehension from the Examath 5-8, Examath 8-15, and Exalang 8-11 tests. The results showed that preschoolers understood fewer mathematical words or expression than kindergarteners, who understood fewer mathematical words than first graders, and so on. Moreover, some words were already understood by the preschoolers (e.g.: first, add), while others were still being acquired by fifth graders (e.g.: as many) or not yet acquired (e.g.: dividend, product). These benchmarks on the acquisition of mathematical vocabulary in French-speaking schoolers, available for practitioners, will provide useful support for mathematical assessment and intervention in typically developing children and those at risk for difficulties. 

Best, 
Anne 


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Anne LAFAY, PhD (elle / she), speech-language pathologist 
Assistant professor 
Department of psychology 
LPNC-UMR CNRS 5105 
Universite Savoie Mont Blanc, UFR LLSH, Jacob-Bellecombette, 73000, France 
anne.lafay at univ-smb.fr 
lafay_anne at yahoo.fr 
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