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Measuring financial literacy of children aged 4 to 6 years: design and small-scale testing
report
posted on 2022-08-03, 07:55 authored by Timothy Jay, Sara Rashid, Iro Xenidou-DervouIro Xenidou-Dervou, Korbinian MoellerKorbinian MoellerThis project aimed to develop and test a measure of four to six year old children’s financial literacy, defined here as a combination of children’s understanding of concepts connected with money management and finance and their ability to describe their own experiences of situations involving money. In this report, we outline the background to the project and review the research literature on young children’s knowledge, understanding and experience of money and finance. We then discuss our approach to the design of a measure of financial literacy and describe a small-scale evaluation study we conducted using the newly developed measure. Finally, we discuss recommendations for next steps with the measure.
Funding
Money and Pensions Service
History
School
- Science
Department
- Mathematics Education Centre
Publisher
Money and Pensions ServiceVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
Rights holder
© The AuthorsPublisher statement
MaPS has commissioned Loughborough University to carry out ground-breaking qualitative research to explore how a set of materials to measure the financial literacy of four to six-year-old children can be most effectively designed.Publication date
2022-07-26Copyright date
2022Publisher version
Language
- en