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SUBMITTER: Watts TW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4719158 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Watts Tyler W TW Duncan Greg J GJ Siegler Robert S RS Davis-Kean Pamela E PE
Educational researcher (Washington, D.C. : 1972) 20141001 7
Although previous research has established the association between early-grade mathematics knowledge and later mathematics achievement, few studies have measured mathematical skills prior to school entry, nor have they investigated the predictive power of early gains in mathematics ability. The current paper relates mathematical skills measured at 54 months to adolescent mathematics achievement using multi-site longitudinal data. We find that preschool mathematics ability predicts mathematics ac ...[more]