Professor Greg Duncan of UC Irvine recently reported out on a study which links kindergarten students' learning of math skills with later academic success. Reading skills ranked closely behind, with social skills following thereafter. The analysis of studies involving 20,000 kindergartners in later elementary school years showed that, after accounting for differences in IQ and family income, students who learned the most math in kindergarten had the best math and reading scores later on. http://www.gse.uci.edu/research/achieve_attent_behave.php
The math skills which should be addressed include using number lines to determine cardinal patterns, and learning shapes, perhaps by playing cards and board games. Some detractors feel that the stronger academic emphasis in kindergarten is creating more stress on young children, and a move away from needed social skills, the lack of which may also lead to dropping out of school. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/dec/23/kindergarten-math-skills-key-to-later-success-rese/?page=1#article
The math skills which should be addressed include using number lines to determine cardinal patterns, and learning shapes, perhaps by playing cards and board games. Some detractors feel that the stronger academic emphasis in kindergarten is creating more stress on young children, and a move away from needed social skills, the lack of which may also lead to dropping out of school. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/dec/23/kindergarten-math-skills-key-to-later-success-rese/?page=1#article
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