N/A
N=116
Flexible Attention to Magnitudes and Early Math
Mathematics Abilities
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05682729 ↗Enrolled (actual)
116
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Oct 2025
Primary outcome: Primary: Change in Flexible Attention to Magnitudes Task — .07; .13; .03; .08 mean pre-post diff in units on a scale — p=.41
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Book Reading Intervention (Behavioral)
- Age
- Pediatric · 3+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- University of Dayton
- Primary completion
- Jun 2023
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Change in Flexible Attention to Magnitudes Task |
.07; .13; .03; .08 | .41 |
| SECONDARY Change in Minnesota Executive Function Scale |
-.51; 1.12; -1.2; 3.96 | .605 |
| SECONDARY Change in Number Line Estimation Task |
.51; .32; -.17; -.38 | .618 |
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the malleability of preschool-aged children's flexible attention to numerical and spatial magnitudes. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does a flexible attention to magnitudes intervention improve young children's math abilities in the area of flexible attention to magnitudes as well as executive functioning and number line estimation skills? Does this intervention improve young children's math abilities more than a traditional counting intervention? "Does the method of flexible attention to magnitudes intervention affect how much children improve in their math abilities?
Participants will complete a pre-test and post-test in their math abilities and three intervention sessions with a trained experimenter. Each intervention session will involve reading researcher-created books with one-on-one with children for about 20 minutes. Children will be assigned to one of four intervention conditions:
* Size to Number Intervention Condition
* Size and Number Mixed Intervention Condition
* Traditional Counting Intervention
* Non-Numerical Control Intervention
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Child ages 3 - 5
Exclusion Criteria
-
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05682729). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.