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Pathways to math difficulties -A longitudinal study from birth to school-age

Project description

Calculating new ways to beat math difficulties

Math learning difficulties are common, but the reasons for their emergence vary greatly. Therefore, a more integrative understanding of early math development and pathways to math difficulties (MD) is important. The EU-funded EARLYMATH project will investigate the roles of individual factors (neural, cognitive, affective, and motivational) as well as environmental factors (in the home, at early childhood education, care centres and schools). Using cognitive assessments of children and their parents, as well as parental and teacher questionnaires, interviews, parent-child and classroom observations, the project will inform theory and preventive practices by shedding new light on the dynamics of the relevant factors in early math development.

Objective

EARLYMATH is an early-onset longitudinal research program with multiple longitudinal studies that cover birth to nine years of age in order to pursue an integrative understanding of early math development and pathways to math difficulties (MD). EARLYMATH investigates the roles of individual factors (i.e. neural, cognitive, affective and motivational), as well as environmental factors in the home and early childhood education and care (ECEC) and processes of intergenerational transmission of MD. A carefully selected range of measures, including cognitive assessments, parental and teacher questionnaires, interviews, parent-child and classroom observations, and brain electrophysiology measures, will be used. The findings will produce novel understanding of the dynamics of the environmental and constitutional factors that affect the development of early-onset developmental difficulties, as well as inform theory and preventive and remediation practices.

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Host institution

JYVASKYLAN YLIOPISTO
Net EU contribution

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€ 1 999 608,00
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SEMINAARINKATU 15
40100 Jyvaskyla
Finland

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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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€ 1 999 608,00

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