Improving low-income preschoolers mathematics achievement with Math Shelf, a preschool tablet computer curriculum

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Highlights：

• Low-income children start Kindergarten with inadequate math knowledge.

• Evidenced-based tablet software can improve at risk preschoolers' math achievement.

• This study tested Math Shelf, a tablet preschool mathematics curriculum.

• Math Shelf children learned significantly more (E.S. = 1.1) than control students.

摘要

•Low-income children start Kindergarten with inadequate math knowledge.•Evidenced-based tablet software can improve at risk preschoolers' math achievement.•This study tested Math Shelf, a tablet preschool mathematics curriculum.•Math Shelf children learned significantly more (E.S. = 1.1) than control students.

论文关键词：Preschool,iPads,Mathematics,Tablet computers,Low-income children,Intervention

论文评审过程：Received 4 September 2015, Revised 15 September 2015, Accepted 16 September 2015, Available online 25 September 2015, Version of Record 25 September 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.09.013