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<div align="center"><font size=5><i>Graduate School of Education<br>
University of California, Riverside<br>
Invites you to attend a symposium presented by:<br><br>
</i></font><font size=6>Dr. David Evans<br>
</font><b>Associate Professor University of Sydney, Australia<br><br>
</b>Speaking on: <br>
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<font size=6>Number Sense: Examining its Properties Amongst
Australian Kindergarten Students<br>
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<div align="center"><font size=6><b>November 18, 2008<br>
3:00-4:30pm<br>
Sproul 1215<br>
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<pre><font size=4>The National Numeracy Review Report (2008) highlights
the importance of students acquiring proficiency in numeracy during
compulsory schooling, as it has long term benefits for educational and
labor market opportunities. While Australia continues to rank highly in
international comparisons of numeracy achievement, these same studies
report that Australia has a broader distribution of achievement than many
countries. That is, there are many students who do not achieve
essential numeracy skills and are therefore disadvantaged in terms of
entry into the workforce, and quality of life.
This study reports the initial findings of an investigation into the
development of an early, but essential, feature of early numeracy
development: number sense. Number sense has become recognized as an
important part of every child’s foundation for undertaking higher level
mathematics. This talk will report an investigation of number sense
development, along with other key developmental variables (i.e., working
memory, creativity, anxiety) for 70 Kindergarten students. Concluding
commentary will focus on trends in number sense development as two sets
of longitudinal data are collected across 2009.
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<font face="Garamond" size=4 color="#000080"><b>Leslie Bushong<br>
</b></font><font color="#000080">Director, California
Teach-Science/Mathematics Initiative (CaTEACH-SMI) <br>
1104 Pierce Hall<br>
University of California, Riverside<br>
voice: (951) 827-4970<br>
fax: (951) 827-4971<br>
website:
<a href="http://smi.ucr.edu/" eudora="autourl">http://smi.ucr.edu<br><br>
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