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Direct linkRaghubar, Kimberly P.; Barnes, Marcia A.; Hecht, Steven A. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
Working memory refers to a mental workspace, involved in controlling, regulating, and actively maintaining relevant information to accomplish complex cognitive tasks (e.g. mathematical processing). Despite the potential relevance of a relation between working memory and math for understanding developmental and individual differences in…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Short Term Memory, Longitudinal Studies, Cognitive Processes
Hecht, Steven A.; Vagi, Kevin J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
Results from a 2-year longitudinal study of 181 children from 4th through 5th grade are reported. Levels of growth in children's computation, word problem, and estimation skills by means of common fractions were predicted by working memory, attentive classroom behavior, conceptual knowledge about fractions, and simple arithmetic fluency.…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Short Term Memory, Grade 4, Grade 5
Dowker, Ann – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2005
Standards in numeracy are a constant concern to educational policy-makers. However, why are differences in arithmetical performance so marked? In "Individual Differences in Arithmetic", Ann Dowker seeks to provide a better understanding of why these differences in ability exist, encouraging a more informed approach to tackling numeracy…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Individual Differences, Cognitive Psychology, Arithmetic
Kercood, Suneeta; Zentall, Sydney S.; Lee, David L. – Learning & Individual Differences, 2004
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of actively categorizing math problems on the math problem solving performance of students with and without attention deficit disorder (ADD). To this purpose, 52 fifth and sixth grade students were involved in actively categorizing or noncategorizing (control) tasks followed by two problem…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Attention Deficit Disorders, Problem Solving, Grade 5
Case, Lisa Pericola; Speece, Deborah L.; Molloy, Dawn Eddy – School Psychology Review, 2003
Using a mixed-methodology, longitudinal design, individual differences and contextual factors related to differential response to general education instruction were examined. We tested a response-to-instruction model reflecting the first three phases of a model proposed by Fuchs and Fuchs (1998). We classified first- and second-grade children…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Learning Problems, General Education, Validity
