Journal Articles

Skwarchuk, S. L., Sowinski, C., & LeFevre, J. (2014).  Formal and informal home learning activities in relation to children’s early numeracy and literacy skills: The development of a home numeracy model. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 121, 63-84.

Watchorn, R. P. D., Bisanz, J., Fast, L., LeFevre, J., Skwarchuk, S. L., & Smith-Chant, B. L. (2014). Development of mathematical knowledge in young children: Attentional skill and the use of inversion. Journal of Cognition and Development, 15, 161-180.

Lukie, I., Skwarchuk, S. L., LeFevre, J., & Sowinski, C. (2013).  Relating child interests and collaborative parent-child interactions to the home learning environment.  Early Childhood Education Journal.DOI:10.1007/s10643-013-0604-7

LeFevre, J., Jiménez Lira, C., Sowinski, C., Cankaya, O., Kamawar, D., & Skwarchuk, S. L. (2013). Charting the role of the number line in mathematical development.  Frontiers in Psychology, 4, 1-9. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00641

LeFevre, J., Berrigan, L., Vendetti, C., Kamawar, D., Bisanz, J., Skwarchuk, S.-L., & Smith-Chant, B. L. (2013). The role of executive attention in the acquisition of mathematical skills for children in grades two through four.  Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 114, 243-261.

LeFevre, J.-A., Fast, L., Skwarchuk, S.-L., Smith-Chant, B. L., Bisanz, J., Kamawar, D. & Penner-Wilger, M. (2010). Pathways to Arithmetic: Longitudinal Predictors of Performance. Child Development, 81, 1753–1767. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01508.x

LeFevre, J.-A. Polyzoi, E., Skwarchuk, S.-L., Fast, L., Sowinski, C. (2010). Do home numeracy and literacy pratices of Greek and Canadian parents predict the numeracy skills of kindergarten children?  International Journal of Early Years Education, 18(1), 55-70.

Kamawar, D., LeFevre, J., Bisanz, J., Fast, L., Skwarchuk, S-L., Smith-Chant, B., & Penner-Wilger, M. (2010). Knowledge of counting principles: How relevant is order irrelevance? Journal of Experimental Child Psychology Vol. 105, No.4, 135-145.

LeFevre, J.-A.Skwarchuk, S.-L., Smith-Chant, B. L.,Fast, L., Kamawar, D. & Bisanz, J. (2009).  Home Numeracy Experiences and Children’s Math Performance in the Early School Years. (2009). Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 41(2), 55-66

LeFevre, J., Smith-Chant, B., Fast, L., Skwarchuk, S-L., Sargla, E., Arnup, J.S., Penner-Wilger, M., Bisanz, J., & Kamawar, D. (2006). What Counts as Knowing? The Development of Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge of Counting From Kindergarten Through Grade 2.  Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 93, 285-303.

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