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Direct linkLee, Yuh-shiow; Lu, Min-ju; Ko, Hsiu-ping – Learning and Instruction, 2007
In this study we examined the effects of skill training, in particular mental abacus and music training, on working memory. Two groups of participants--children who had received mental abacus training and their controls--participated in Experiment 1. All participants performed the following span tasks: forward digit span, backward digit span,…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Music, Control Groups, Short Term Memory
Peer reviewedOnatsu-Arvilommi, Tiina; Nurmi, Jari-Erik; Aunola, Kaisa – Learning and Instruction, 2002
Studied whether children's achievement strategies predict the development of their reading and mathematics skills during the first school year or whether these skills predict changes in their achievement strategies. Findings for 105 Finnish first graders show that maladaptive strategies hamper improvement in reading and mathematics; skills did not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Reading, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Veenman, Marcel V. J.; Wilhelm, Pascal; Beishuizen, Jos J. – Learning and Instruction, 2004
The first objective of this study was to establish to what extent metacognitive skill development is associated with intelligence. As a second objective, the generality vs. domain-specificity of maturing metacognitive skills was investigated. Both issues have major implications for the training and transferability of metacognitive skills.…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Metacognition, Thinking Skills, Skill Development
