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Psyridou, Maria; Torppa, Minna; Tolvanen, Asko; Poikkeus, Anna-Maija; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina; Koponen, Tuire – Developmental Psychology, 2023
The aim of the present study was to examine the kinds of developmental profiles of arithmetic fluency skills that can be identified across Grades 1-9 (ages 7-16) in a large Finnish sample (n = 2,518). The study also examined whether membership in the developmental profiles could be predicted using a comprehensive set of kindergarten-age factors,…
Descriptors: Profiles, Arithmetic, Mathematics Skills, Elementary School Students
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Schneider, Elisa; Maruyama, Masaki; Dehaene, Stanislas; Sigman, Mariano – Cognition, 2012
Mathematics shares with language an essential reliance on the human capacity for recursion, permitting the generation of an infinite range of embedded expressions from a finite set of symbols. We studied the role of syntax in arithmetic thinking, a neglected component of numerical cognition, by examining eye movement sequences during the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Arithmetic, Algebra, Syntax
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Geary, David C.; Hoard, Mary K.; Bailey, Drew H. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
Using 4 years of mathematics achievement scores, groups of typically achieving children (n = 101) and low achieving children with mild (LA-mild fact retrieval; n = 97) and severe (LA-severe fact retrieval; n = 18) fact retrieval deficits and mathematically learning disabled children (MLD; n = 15) were identified. Multilevel models contrasted…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Tests, Short Term Memory