Cognitive ability and education: How behavioural genetic research has advanced our knowledge and understanding of their association

M Malanchini, K Rimfeld, AG Allegrini, SJ Ritchie… - Neuroscience & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cognitive ability and educational success predict positive outcomes across the lifespan,
from higher earnings to better health and longevity. The shared positive outcomes …

The genetic and environmental aetiology of spatial, mathematics and general anxiety

M Malanchini, K Rimfeld, NG Shakeshaft, M Rodic… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Individuals differ in their level of general anxiety as well as in their level of anxiety towards
specific activities, such as mathematics and spatial tasks. Both specific anxieties correlate …

Embodied Learning in Early Mathematics Education: Translating Research into Principles to Inform Teaching

J Way, P Ginns - Education Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
There exists a substantial body of research evidence that embodied learning modes can
enhance children's mathematics learning, yet implementation of the research findings in …

Genetic and environmental influences on spatial reasoning: A meta-analysis of twin studies

MJ King, DP Katz, LA Thompson, BN Macnamara - Intelligence, 2019 - Elsevier
Behavioral genetic approaches, such as comparing monozygotic and dizygotic twins, are
often used to evaluate the extent to which variations in human abilities are the result of …

Domain-specific and cross-domain effects of the home literacy and numeracy environment at 3 years on children's academic competencies at 5 and 9 years.

M Conica, E Nixon, J Quigley - Developmental Psychology, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
This study examined whether children's formal and informal home literacy (HLE) and home
numeracy (HNE) environments at 3 years old demonstrated domain-specific, and cross …

Learning through and from drawing in early years geometry

N Sinclair, J Moss, Z Hawes, C Stephenson - Visualizing mathematics: The …, 2018 - Springer
This chapter focuses on the relations between spatial reasoning, drawing and mathematics
learning. Based on the strong link that has been found in educational psychology between …

Twin classroom dilemma: To study together or separately?

EK White, G Garon-Carrier, MG Tosto… - Developmental …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
There is little research to date on the academic implications of teaching twins in the same or
different classroom. Consequently, it is not clear whether twin classroom separation is …

Effects of Representational Lessons on Standardized Math Test Scores

J Marcondes - 2023 - minds.wisconsin.edu
This study reviews the Concrete, Representational, Abstract (CRA) methodology as it
pertains to teaching mathematics in a lower elementary Montessori classroom with the …

Early predictors of creative writing at age 9

I Badini, T Toivainen, BR Oliver… - … Proceedings of Social & …, 2018 - research.gold.ac.uk
The present study investigated the extent to which creative expressiveness in writing at age
9 could be predicted by early human figure drawing ability and general cognitive ability …

Visualização espacial na educação pré-escolar

AFL Balinha - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Este estudo pretende conhecer a Visualização Espacial de crianças da Educação Pré-
Escolar. Procura responder-se às questões de investigação: 1) Como variam os …