Block Play Performance Among Preschoolers As a Predictor of Later School Achievement in Mathematics

By C. Wolfgang, Laura L. Stannard, Ithel Jones. 2001

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The Development of Spatial Skills Through Interventions Involving Block Building Activities (2008, background): “There is some evidence that early block building skills are related to spatial skills ( Brosnan, 1998 ; Caldera et al, 1999 ), and that they correlate with later math achievement ( Wolfgang, Stannard, & Jones, 2001 ).”
The relationship of teacher–child play interactions to mathematics learning in preschool (2016, background): “The frequency and complexity of block play, for example, has been found to predict both short- and long-term gains in math abilities (Hanline et al., 2009a; Wolfgang et al., 2001).”
Women's underrepresentation in science: sociocultural and biological considerations. (2009, background): “…al. (2008) provides evidence of sex differences in three-dimensional rotation ability among 5-yearolds (boys solved 5.39 mental rotations out of 10 vs. 4.08 for girls), and Wolfgang et al. (2001) reported strong correlations between block-playing skill in kindergarten and later mathematics ability.”