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Ann Dowker Created 2026-10-25 Updated 2026-11-05
A researcher who investigated support for children with mathematical difficulty. Her Numeracy Recovery pilot assessed separate components of numerical skill and tailored instruction to each child’s difficulties. The work motivates treating arithmetic as several interacting skills; a promising pilot is not equivalent to a definitive randomized demonstration of effectiveness.[ref]
Numeracy recovery: a pilot scheme for early intervention with young children with numeracy difficulties by Ann Dowker. 2001, component assessment and pilot intervention