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Rivella, Carlotta; Cornoldi, Cesare; Caviola, Sara; Giofrè, David – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
It has been suggested that not only domain-specific factors but also working memory (WM) may play a crucial role in mathematical learning included Geometry, but the issue has not been deeply explored. In the present study, we examined the role of domain-specific factors and of verbal versus visuospatial WM on geometric learning of a new…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Short Term Memory, Verbal Ability, Spatial Ability
Wang, Li; Zeng, Jieying; Ran, Xiaomeng; Cui, Zhanling; Zhou, Xinlin – ZDM: Mathematics Education, 2022
Mathematical problems can be divided into two types, namely, process-open and process-constrained problems. Solving these two types of problems may require different cognitive mechanisms. However, there has been only one study that investigated the differences of the cognitive abilities in process-open and process-constrained problem solving, and…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Ability, Grade 5
Emel Çilingir Altiner; M. Cihangir Dogan – Journal of Educational Research, 2023
In this study, the visual estimation skills of fourth grade elementary school students based on their mathematical thinking processes were investigated. The research questions focus on understanding how students' mathematical thinking processes influence their visual estimation skills. A total of 445 students participated in the study. The…
Descriptors: Mathematical Logic, Problem Solving, Thinking Skills, Influences
Sara Teymoori Pabandi; Rasol Abdullah Mirzaie; Milad Atabakhsh; Arezo Asfa – Gifted and Talented International, 2024
Emphasizing the identification of individuals with exceptional abilities in understanding school science is of great importance. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate students' cognitive abilities to identify those with special talents in primary school science. The statistical population of the study included all male and female…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academically Gifted, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Chang Xu; Hongxia Li; Sabrina Di Lonardo Burr; Jiwei Si; Jo-Anne LeFevre; Xinfeng Zhuo – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2024
Students' understanding of the meaning of the equal sign develops slowly over the primary grades. In addition to updating their representations of equations to recognize that the equal sign represents an equivalence relation rather than signaling an operation, students need to move beyond full computation to efficiently solve equivalence problems.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Grade 3, Grade 4, Elementary School Students
Chanwit Heebkaew; Yannapat Seehamongkon – Journal of Education and Learning, 2024
The research aimed to achieve the following objectives: 1)Assess the effectiveness of cooperative learning management utilizing the STAD technique and KWDL technique among PrathomSuksa 6 students in solving decimal problems, with a target of achieving a 75/75 criterion, 2) Enhance the problem-solving abilities of grade 6 students in mathematics by…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Mathematics Skills, Problem Solving, Mathematics Achievement
Jiaxin Cui; Fan Yang; Yuanyi Peng; Saisai Wang; Xinlin Zhou – Infant and Child Development, 2024
Symbolic and situational mathematics are the two major representations of mathematical knowledge. Although previous literature has studied the relationship between the two from the perspective of teaching practice, learning effectiveness and behavioural performance, there is still a lack of empirical psychological research on cognitive mechanisms…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Symbols (Mathematics), Learning Processes, Elementary School Mathematics
del Olmo-Muñoz, Javier; González-Calero, José Antonio; Diago, Pascual D.; Arnau, David; Arevalillo-Herráez, Miguel – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
Problem solving is often regarded as one of the most essential cognitive functions in our daily lives, and, for that reason, educational theorists have long stressed the need for its development. As cognitive flexibility is a fundamental characteristic necessary throughout the problem-solving process, the purpose of this study is to analyse…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Arithmetic, Grade 5, Grade 6
Lin, Chia-Yi – Gifted Education International, 2023
This study examined Cho's dynamic system model of creative problem-solving ability in a sample of 112 gifted and non-gifted students. The cluster analysis and t-test results indicated that students should be categorized into high and low performance groups. Students who scored three points or more across all attributes also had a higher likelihood…
Descriptors: Creativity, Problem Solving, Academic Ability, Academically Gifted
Kusmaryono, Imam; Jupriyanto; Kusumaningsih, Widya – European Journal of Educational Research, 2021
This article highlights the main ideas that underlie the differences in potential pragmatic knowledge constructs students experience when solving problems, between the zone of proximal development (ZPD) and the zone of potential construction (ZPC). This qualitative research is based on a phenomenological approach to finding the meaning of things…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Problem Solving, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
Mengyuan Chen; Lan Wu; Baoping Li; Yang Liu – Educational Technology & Society, 2024
Students in the 21st century are expected to possess the ability to solve ill-defined complex problems (ICPs). One challenge to understanding students' ability to solve ICPs is the lack of methods for measuring noncognitive and metacognitive behaviors and relating those behaviors to cognitive behaviors with the goal of investigating differences in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, 21st Century Skills
Livy, Sharyn; Hamilton, Scott; Downton, Ann – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2022
The purpose of this article is to report how Year 6 teachers used geometric reasoning tasks to foster students' mathematical attitudes and dispositions by encouraging communication as students constructed mathematical meaning for themselves. The Year 6 teachers implemented two tasks to provide a rich mathematical assessment opportunity…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Evaluation Methods, Problem Solving, Grade 5
Harris, Danielle; Lowrie, Tom; Logan, Tracy; Hegarty, Mary – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Background: The role of gender in both spatial and mathematics performance has been extensively studied separately, with a male advantage often found in spatial tasks and mathematics from adolescence. Spatial reasoning is consistently linked to mathematics proficiency, yet despite this, little research has investigated the role of spatial…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Problem Solving, Mathematics Achievement, Number Concepts
Kanyarat Cojorn; Kanyarat Sonsupap – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2024
Ample studies have confirmed that the concepts of Community of Practice and Lesson Study can effectively develop professional development, especially in the design of learning. This positive impact on learners is also evident. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the results that occurred with students who learned from teachers who used…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students
Putrawangsa, Susilahudin; Febrian; Hasanah, Uswatun – Mathematics Teaching Research Journal, 2021
The main goal of the current study is to develop intervention of learning to promote students' understanding of percentage. The design of the interventions employed the spatial representation of percentage in the form of a bar model and was designed based on the pedagogical concepts of Realistic Mathematics Education (RME). The participants were…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation, Intervention