Students will research a topic related to math or science in early childhood education. You may use an article from any educational journal related to child development. The report should be appropriately two pages (double spaced) in length. Include the following:

• DO NOT use the internet to locate an article. For example, Google
• Adhere to writing guidelines -- 12 font size, two pages, and double space (5 points)
• Summarize what you have read and provide evidence to support your claims. (Remember: a summary is re-telling in our own words the main points of something you have read). Please do not copy the article directly from the source; this is call plagiarizing and is illegal. (10 points)
• Use headings for each section. (5 points)
• Answer the question -Explain why the topic is important. (10 points)
• Answer the question -Discuss how the topic relates to what you are learning in this course (10 points)

The article should be an academic article published within the last 5 years. For example - The article /journal should be published from 2020 -2025. Any article before 2020 is not within the last five years (5 points)

Upload the article and the summary (5 points)

Link to the library: https://www.elac.edu/academic-services/library

Tips to help summarized a research study. Answer the following questions:

What was studied?What is the hypothesis?

This study

This study investigates early gender dierences in low-performing children's early math-

ematical skills, with a special focus on low-performing boys. Earlier research on the topic

focus on older children than in this study, which focus on toddlers.

The study does not answer the question of whether these children will remain weak in

mathematics over time, but those who score low at an early age are considered to be at risk

of developing mathematics diculties (cf. Mazzocco and Myers 2003).

An understanding of low-performing children several years before formal school age

can be valuable in determining the appropriate age to identify children at risk, intervene

and explaining possible gender dierences.

The study is designed to answer four research questions:

(1) What is the proportion of low-performing boys compared to low-performing girls at

toddler age, and does this proportion change with a less restrictive cut-o?

(2) How do low-performing boys score on mathematical skills assessments compared

with low-performing girls at toddler age?

(3) What is the spread of scores of low-performing boys compared with that of low-per-

forming girls at toddler age?

(4) How do low-performing boys perform compared with low-performing girls at toddler

age when (a) divided into quartiles? and (b) divided into quartiles within gender?

This study

This study investigates early gender dierences in low-performing children's early math-

ematical skills, with a special focus on low-performing boys. Earlier research on the topic

focus on older children than in this study, which focus on toddlers.

The study does not answer the question of whether these children will remain weak in

mathematics over time, but those who score low at an early age are considered to be at risk

of developing mathematics diculties (cf. Mazzocco and Myers 2003).

An understanding of low-performing children several years before formal school age

can be valuable in determining the appropriate age to identify children at risk, intervene

and explaining possible gender dierences.

The study is designed to answer four research questions:

(1) What is the proportion of low-performing boys compared to low-performing girls at

toddler age, and does this proportion change with a less restrictive cut-o?

(2) How do low-performing boys score on mathematical skills assessments compared

with low-performing girls at toddler age?

(3) What is the spread of scores of low-performing boys compared with that of low-per-

forming girls at toddler age?

(4) How do low-performing boys perform compared with low-performing girls at toddler

age when (a) divided into quartiles? and (b) divided into quartiles within gender?