Electronic Book for Promoting Emergent Math: A Comparison Between Kindergarteners at Risk for Learning Disabilities and With Typical Development

The aim of the study was to examine the effect of an activity with an educational electronic storybook with math content on the emergent math of kindergarteners at risk for learning disabilities (LD) compared with kindergarteners with typical development (TD). The study included 107 kindergarteners aged 4.6 to 7. Both the participants at risk for LD (n？=？51) and those with TD (n？=？56) were randomly divided into two groups: an experimental group that received an intervention with the electronic book and a control group that participated in the regular kindergarten activity during that time. The findings indicated greater improvement in the intervention groups compared with the control groups in the measures “essence of addition” and “ordinal numbers.” Both the group at risk for LD and the group with TD showed significant improvement following the intervention. The implications of these results for young children in general, and for kindergarteners at risk for LD in particular, are discussed