Alejandro Domínguez Rodríguez, Ausiàs Cebolla I Marti, Elia Oliver, Jessica Navarro, Rosa María Baños Rivera
Efficacy and acceptability of a web platform to teach nutrition education to children
Nutricion hospitalaria
research shows childrens block construction skills positively associated concurrent later mathematics performance furthermore evidence block construction training particularly beneficial improving early mathematics skills children lowsocio economic status ses groups known lower maths performance peers current study investigates association block construction mathematics children start formal schooling 4 yearsofage uk b whether association block construction mathematics differs children compared less affluent families participants study included 116 children 3 years 11 months sd 3 months completed numeracy block construction receptive vocabulary tasks socioeconomic status demographic information child age gender ethnicity also obtained parents findings show strong positive association block construction early numeracy skills block construction skills explained approximately 5 variation numeracy even controlling age months household income child receptive vocabulary separated ses group children less affluent families block construction explained significant amount variability 145 numeracy performance covariates children affluent families block construction explain significant amount variation numeracy findings suggest interventions involving block construction skills may help reduce sesbased attainment gaps uk childrens mathematics achievement