Numeracy test item readability during transition from pre-school to school Mousley, Judith A. 2009, Numeracy test item readability during transition from pre-school to school, in MERGA 32 : Crossing divides : mathematics education research group of Australasia : Proceedings of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Conference 2009, MERGA Inc., [Wellington, New Zealand], pp. 387-394. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads mousley-numeracytest-2009.pdf Published version application/pdf 126.72KB 161 Title Numeracy test item readability during transition from pre-school to school Author(s) Mousley, Judith A. orcid.org/0000-0003-1119-566X Conference name Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. Conference (32nd : 2009 : Wellington, New Zealand) Conference location Wellington, New Zealand Conference dates 5-9 Jul. 2009 Title of proceedings MERGA 32 : Crossing divides : mathematics education research group of Australasia : Proceedings of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Conference 2009 Editor(s) Hunter, Roberta Bicknell, Brenda Burgess, Tim Publication date 2009 Conference series Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Conference Start page 387 End page 394 Publisher MERGA Inc. Place of publication [Wellington, New Zealand] Summary A key test used in Australia to assess the mathematical knowledge of young children uses illustrations of objects such as coins and three-dimensional shapes. This study explored the effects of giving 104 kindergarten children, aged 4-5 years, the questions with either moveable objects or illustrations. It was found that children who were categorized by their teachers as having “higher levels of numeracy” scored well on test questions using either illustrations or objects, while children who were categorized as having “lower levels of numeracy” scored higher with objects than with illustrations. This result could have implications for consideration of test item readability in relation to graphicacy. ISBN 9781920846220 Language eng Field of Research 130208 Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy Socio Economic Objective 930301 Assessment and Evaluation of Curriculum HERDC Research category E1.1 Full written paper - refereed Copyright notice ©2009, MERGA Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30029807 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 24 Aug 2010, 14:08:57 EST Tue, 24 Aug 2010, 14:09:49 EST Wed, 25 Aug 2010, 08:33:34 EST Wed, 25 Aug 2010, 12:39:54 EST Wed, 25 Aug 2010, 14:19:31 EST Wed, 25 Aug 2010, 14:21:19 EST Fri, 16 Mar 2012, 18:14:00 EST Mon, 11 Mar 2013, 12:53:58 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 15:48:10 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 09:17:04 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:02:21 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 707 Abstract Views, 161 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 24 Aug 2010, 14:08:53 EST by Kylie Koulkoudinas