Pirjo Aunio
Biographic Data
| ID | 5706349 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pirjo Aunio |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pirjo |
| FAMILY NAME | Aunio |
| SIGNATURE | AUNIO P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0901-3874 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Pictures in Mathematical Word Problems
Mathematical word problem-solving proves challenging for many students, especially in elementary school. Accompanying word problems with pictures has been argued to support students in solving mathematical word problems. However, the potential benefits of pictures may vary in terms of the cognitive demandingness of the word problem (i.e., task characteristics) and students' skills and motivation (i.e., student characteristics). The aim of this sy…
Development of a Mathematics Vocabulary Test
The aim of this study was to develop the Mathematics Vocabulary Test (MVT)-an instrument to identify young children with a limited mathematics vocabulary-in a multilingual majority country-South Africa. This study consists of two substudies with children aged 3-8.5 years ( N = 988, n girls = 429). In Study 1, a 26-item MVT was developed by multiprofessional expert panels and piloted in four languages, isiZulu ( n = 229), Sesotho ( n = 83), Englis…
The effectiveness of mathematical word problem-solving interventions among elementary schoolers
Early mathematics learning
Research on early mathematics has been increasing over the past 20 years, but results are often fragmented. There are three suggestions we make on how to increase the quality of research and knowledge in the field of early mathematics. First, researchers should study early mathematics as a multifactorial construct, since it allows us to better understand the relationships between the set of skills during learning. It is beneficial to study multif…
Validating the early numeracy teacher rating scale for preschoolers (TRS–EN)
The aim of this study was to validate a teacher rating scale (TRS-EN) for assessing early numeracy skills and for identifying mathematically low-performing 3- and 4-year-old children. Fifty-six preschool teachers assessed children’s (3-year-olds = 127; 4-year-olds = 145) numerical relational, counting, and basic arithmetic skills. Construct validity evidence through confirmatory factor analysis supported both unidimensional and three-factor (i.e.…
A systematic review of functional numeracy measures for 9–12 -year-olds
Improving Numeracy Skills in First Graders with Low Performance in Early Numeracy
Children with low performance in early numeracy are at risk of facing learning difficulties in mathematics, but few trials have examined how this can be ameliorated. A total of 120 first-grade children ( M age = 6.4 years) were randomly assigned to an intervention or a control condition. The 14-week intervention targeted early numeracy skills and was delivered in small groups three times a week. Immediately after the initial 8-week intervention p…
A Systematic Review on Evaluating Responsiveness of Parent- or Caregiver-Reported Child Maltreatment Measures for Interventions
Aims: Child maltreatment (CM) is a global public health and social problem, resulting in serious long-term health and socioeconomic consequences. As parents are the most common perpetrators of CM, parenting interventions are appropriate strategies to prevent CM. However, research on parenting interventions on CM has been hampered by lack of consensus on what measures are most responsive to detect a reduction in parental maltreating behaviours aft…
Effects of Gender on Basic Numerical and Arithmetic Skills
In this study, we analyzed the development and effects of gender on basic number skills from third to ninth grade in Finland. Because the international comparison studies have shown slightly different developmental trends in mathematical attainment for different language groups in Finland, we added the language of education as a variable in our analysis. Participants were 4,265 students from third to ninth grade in Finland, representing students …
A Systematic Review Evaluating Psychometric Properties of Parent or Caregiver Report Instruments on Child Maltreatment
A Systematic Review Evaluating Psychometric Properties of Parent or Caregiver Report Instruments on Child Maltreatment
Reliability and validity evidence of the early numeracy test for identifying children at risk for mathematical learning difficulties
This study investigated reliability and validity evidence regarding the Early Numeracy test (EN-test) in a sample of 1139 Swedish-speaking children (587 girls) in kindergarten (n = 361), first grade (n = 321), and second grade (n = 457). Structural validity evidence was established through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), which showed that a four-factor model fit the data significantly better than a one-factor or two-factor model. The known-gr…
An early numeracy intervention for first-graders at risk for mathematical learning difficulties
The aim of this study was to investigate whether early numeracy skills of South African first graders who are at-risk for mathematical learning difficulties can be improved with an intervention program. The participants were 267 children from 17 classrooms in the greater Johannesburg area. In this quasi-experimental small group intervention study (15 sessions over 5 weeks) the outcome measure was early numeracy skills. Based on pretest early nume…
Crossing the bridge to elementary school
Special education pre-service teachers' interest, subject knowledge, and teacher efficacy beliefs in mathematics
The development of early numeracy skills in kindergarten in low-, average- and high-performance groups
In this study, we investigated how early numeracy skills develop in kindergarten-age children. The participants were 235 Finnish children (111 girls and 124 boys). At the time of the first measurement, the average age of the children was 6 years. The measurements were conducted three times during 1 year of kindergarten. We used a between-group repeated-measures analysis of variance and post hoc group comparisons for three measurement times on two…
Mathematical and cognitive predictors of the development of mathematics
Early numeracy in low‐performing young children
The aim of this study was to explore the early numeracy of low‐performing young children. The mean age of the children was six years and four months. The 511 participants belonged to three groups: multi‐language children, children with special educational needs and children with average performance. The results showed that there were significant group differences in early numeracy: the children in the reference group had better relational and cou…
Exploring a new inclusive model in Finnish early childhood special education
From 1996 to 1999, an inclusive early special educational model was studied in 13 ordinary kindergartens in Finland. The kindergartens received an additional staff member (a special teacher) to handle special educational issues. The work of these special teachers and the views of the staff were studied. The special teachers' duties consisted of six main tasks, the most often mentioned being general and special educational work and consultation wi…
Crossing the bridge to elementary school
Exploring a new inclusive model in Finnish early childhood special education
From 1996 to 1999, an inclusive early special educational model was studied in 13 ordinary kindergartens in Finland. The kindergartens received an additional staff member (a special teacher) to handle special educational issues. The work of these special teachers and the views of the staff were studied. The special teachers' duties consisted of six main tasks, the most often mentioned being general and special educational work and consultation wi…
An early numeracy intervention for first-graders at risk for mathematical learning difficulties
The aim of this study was to investigate whether early numeracy skills of South African first graders who are at-risk for mathematical learning difficulties can be improved with an intervention program. The participants were 267 children from 17 classrooms in the greater Johannesburg area. In this quasi-experimental small group intervention study (15 sessions over 5 weeks) the outcome measure was early numeracy skills. Based on pretest early nume…
Special education pre-service teachers' interest, subject knowledge, and teacher efficacy beliefs in mathematics
Early numeracy in low‐performing young children
The aim of this study was to explore the early numeracy of low‐performing young children. The mean age of the children was six years and four months. The 511 participants belonged to three groups: multi‐language children, children with special educational needs and children with average performance. The results showed that there were significant group differences in early numeracy: the children in the reference group had better relational and cou…
Exploring a new inclusive model in Finnish early childhood special education
From 1996 to 1999, an inclusive early special educational model was studied in 13 ordinary kindergartens in Finland. The kindergartens received an additional staff member (a special teacher) to handle special educational issues. The work of these special teachers and the views of the staff were studied. The special teachers' duties consisted of six main tasks, the most often mentioned being general and special educational work and consultation wi…
Early numeracy in low‐performing young children
The aim of this study was to explore the early numeracy of low‐performing young children. The mean age of the children was six years and four months. The 511 participants belonged to three groups: multi‐language children, children with special educational needs and children with average performance. The results showed that there were significant group differences in early numeracy: the children in the reference group had better relational and cou…
Mathematical and cognitive predictors of the development of mathematics
The development of early numeracy skills in kindergarten in low-, average- and high-performance groups
In this study, we investigated how early numeracy skills develop in kindergarten-age children. The participants were 235 Finnish children (111 girls and 124 boys). At the time of the first measurement, the average age of the children was 6 years. The measurements were conducted three times during 1 year of kindergarten. We used a between-group repeated-measures analysis of variance and post hoc group comparisons for three measurement times on two…
Crossing the bridge to elementary school
Special education pre-service teachers' interest, subject knowledge, and teacher efficacy beliefs in mathematics
Reliability and validity evidence of the early numeracy test for identifying children at risk for mathematical learning difficulties
This study investigated reliability and validity evidence regarding the Early Numeracy test (EN-test) in a sample of 1139 Swedish-speaking children (587 girls) in kindergarten (n = 361), first grade (n = 321), and second grade (n = 457). Structural validity evidence was established through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), which showed that a four-factor model fit the data significantly better than a one-factor or two-factor model. The known-gr…
An early numeracy intervention for first-graders at risk for mathematical learning difficulties
The aim of this study was to investigate whether early numeracy skills of South African first graders who are at-risk for mathematical learning difficulties can be improved with an intervention program. The participants were 267 children from 17 classrooms in the greater Johannesburg area. In this quasi-experimental small group intervention study (15 sessions over 5 weeks) the outcome measure was early numeracy skills. Based on pretest early nume…
Effects of Gender on Basic Numerical and Arithmetic Skills
In this study, we analyzed the development and effects of gender on basic number skills from third to ninth grade in Finland. Because the international comparison studies have shown slightly different developmental trends in mathematical attainment for different language groups in Finland, we added the language of education as a variable in our analysis. Participants were 4,265 students from third to ninth grade in Finland, representing students …
A Systematic Review Evaluating Psychometric Properties of Parent or Caregiver Report Instruments on Child Maltreatment
A Systematic Review Evaluating Psychometric Properties of Parent or Caregiver Report Instruments on Child Maltreatment
Validating the early numeracy teacher rating scale for preschoolers (TRS–EN)
The aim of this study was to validate a teacher rating scale (TRS-EN) for assessing early numeracy skills and for identifying mathematically low-performing 3- and 4-year-old children. Fifty-six preschool teachers assessed children’s (3-year-olds = 127; 4-year-olds = 145) numerical relational, counting, and basic arithmetic skills. Construct validity evidence through confirmatory factor analysis supported both unidimensional and three-factor (i.e.…
A systematic review of functional numeracy measures for 9–12 -year-olds
Improving Numeracy Skills in First Graders with Low Performance in Early Numeracy
Children with low performance in early numeracy are at risk of facing learning difficulties in mathematics, but few trials have examined how this can be ameliorated. A total of 120 first-grade children ( M age = 6.4 years) were randomly assigned to an intervention or a control condition. The 14-week intervention targeted early numeracy skills and was delivered in small groups three times a week. Immediately after the initial 8-week intervention p…
A Systematic Review on Evaluating Responsiveness of Parent- or Caregiver-Reported Child Maltreatment Measures for Interventions
Aims: Child maltreatment (CM) is a global public health and social problem, resulting in serious long-term health and socioeconomic consequences. As parents are the most common perpetrators of CM, parenting interventions are appropriate strategies to prevent CM. However, research on parenting interventions on CM has been hampered by lack of consensus on what measures are most responsive to detect a reduction in parental maltreating behaviours aft…
The effectiveness of mathematical word problem-solving interventions among elementary schoolers
Early mathematics learning
Research on early mathematics has been increasing over the past 20 years, but results are often fragmented. There are three suggestions we make on how to increase the quality of research and knowledge in the field of early mathematics. First, researchers should study early mathematics as a multifactorial construct, since it allows us to better understand the relationships between the set of skills during learning. It is beneficial to study multif…
Pictures in Mathematical Word Problems
Mathematical word problem-solving proves challenging for many students, especially in elementary school. Accompanying word problems with pictures has been argued to support students in solving mathematical word problems. However, the potential benefits of pictures may vary in terms of the cognitive demandingness of the word problem (i.e., task characteristics) and students' skills and motivation (i.e., student characteristics). The aim of this sy…
Development of a Mathematics Vocabulary Test
The aim of this study was to develop the Mathematics Vocabulary Test (MVT)-an instrument to identify young children with a limited mathematics vocabulary-in a multilingual majority country-South Africa. This study consists of two substudies with children aged 3-8.5 years ( N = 988, n girls = 429). In Study 1, a 26-item MVT was developed by multiprofessional expert panels and piloted in four languages, isiZulu ( n = 229), Sesotho ( n = 83), Englis…
Psychology (13 works) · Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (11 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Mathematics education (9 works) · Reading and Literacy Development (8 works) · Pedagogy (7 works) · Literacy (6 works) · Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (6 works) · Numeracy (6 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (4 works)