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Download full textSarah Podwinski; Iroise Dumontheil – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2025
Mathematical problem-solving places heavy demands on children's developing working memory capacity. This review examines how offloading numerical information using embodied (e.g. finger counting) or external tools (e.g. manipulatives) can reduce cognitive load and improve mathematical task performance. Strategic offloading emerges in childhood;…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Short Term Memory, Numbers, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedNorton, Anderson; Ulrich, Catherine; Kerrigan, Sarah – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2020
We introduce a methodology for diagramming the ways students use sequences of mental actions to solve mathematical tasks. We studied 12 pre-service teachers as they solved a set of fractions tasks, ranked by cognitive demand. We present the unit transformation graphs for one of those pre-service teachers, to illustrate how she experienced and met…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Problem Solving, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
Direct linkSt Clair-Thompson, Helen; Overton, Tina; Bugler, Myfanwy – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2012
Previous research has revealed that problem solving and attainment in chemistry are constrained by mental capacity and working memory. However, the terms mental capacity and working memory come from different theories of cognitive resources, and are assessed using different tasks. The current study examined the relationships between mental…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Problem Solving, Short Term Memory, Science Instruction
