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van Galen, Mirte S.; Reitsma, Pieter – Cognition and Instruction, 2011
Predictions of the Identical Elements (IE) model of arithmetic fact representation (Rickard, 2005; Rickard & Bourne, 1996) about transfer between arithmetic facts were tested in primary school children. The aim of the study was to test whether the IE model, constructed to explain adult performance, also applies to children. The IE model…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Multiplication, Recall (Psychology), Arithmetic
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Rabinowitz, Mitchell; Woolley, Kenneth E. – Cognition and Instruction, 1995
Examines the hypothesis that problem comprehension and computational processes interact during the solving of arithmetic word problems. Results suggest the absence of any interaction between the two processes. Questions the notion that automatized retrieval facilitates problem solving, as well as assertions suggesting that increasing computational…
Descriptors: Addition, Arithmetic, Attention Control, Computation