Overview
The Test of Early Mathematics Ability – Third Edition (TEMA-3; Ginsburg & Baroody, 2003) is an individually-administered, norm-referenced test designed to measure the informal and formal mathematics abilities of children ages 3 to 8 years, 11 months. The test allows users to identify children with learning difficulties, as well as those who are likely to develop problems in mathematics. It also yields useful information on the child’s strengths and weaknesses, suggests instructional practices based on a child’s weakness profile, and documents a child’s progress. The TEMA-3 provides the user with a measure of children’s mathematics attainment, measuring the following domains: numbering skills, number-comparison facility, numeral literacy, mastery of number facts, calculation skills, and understanding of concepts. Two parallel forms are available, which have 72 items each. Numerous teaching tasks for skills covered by each TEMA-3 item are included. Additionally, a separate book, Assessment Probes and Instructional Activities (Ginsburg, 2003) is available which provides a series of follow-up questions to be used after the standard testing to examine children’s methods of problems solving and their zone of proximal development.
Summary
Age: 3 years 0 months to 8 years 11 months
Time to Administer: 40 minutes
Method of Administration: Individually administered, norm-referenced measure of mathematics for young children; may also be used as a diagnostic instrument for older children to determine strengths and weaknesses.
Yields standard scores (M = 100, SD = 15), percentile ranks, age/grade equivalents.
Subscales: Numbering Skills, Number-Comparison Facility, Numeral Literacy, Mastery of Number Facts, Calculation Skills, Understanding of Concepts
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