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Exploring the Underlying Mechanisms of the Beneficial Effect of Gesture on Mathematical Learning
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Mary Aldugom – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Children and adult learners benefit from viewing hand gestures at instruction across domains (Cook, Duffy, & Fenn, 2013; Huang, Kim, & Christianson, 2019; Ping & Goldin-Meadow, 2008). Within the domain of mathematical learning, gesture at instruction has been shown to benefit children and adults in laboratory and classroom settings…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Nonverbal Communication, Short Term Memory
Not Just IQ: Patterning Predicts Preschoolers' Math Knowledge beyond Fluid Reasoning
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Zippert, Erica L.; Clayback, Kelsey; Rittle-Johnson, Bethany – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2019
Preschoolers' patterning skills are predictive of their concurrent and later math knowledge; however, it is unclear if patterning is only a proxy for general intelligence, or how it might support specific math skills. The current study examined the relation between 66 preschool children's patterning skills and their general cognitive abilities,…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Spatial Ability, Mathematics Skills, Cognitive Ability
Not Just IQ: Patterning Predicts Preschoolers' Math Knowledge beyond Fluid Reasoning
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Zippert, Erica L.; Clayback, Kelsey; Rittle-Johnson, Bethany – Grantee Submission, 2019
Preschoolers' patterning skills are predictive of their concurrent and later math knowledge; however, it is unclear if patterning is only a proxy for general intelligence, or how it might support specific math skills. The current study examined the relation between 66 preschool children's patterning skills and their general cognitive abilities,…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Spatial Ability, Mathematics Skills, Cognitive Ability
The Roles of Patterning and Spatial Skills in Early Mathematics Development
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Rittle-Johnson, Bethany; Zippert, Erica L.; Boice, Katherine L. – Grantee Submission, 2018
Because math knowledge begins to develop at a young age to varying degrees, it is important to identify foundational cognitive and academic skills that might contribute to its development. The current study focused on two important, but often overlooked skills that recent evidence suggests are important contributors to early math development:…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Mathematics, Mathematics Skills, Knowledge Level
Ending up with Less: The Role of Working Memory in Solving Simple Subtraction Problems with Positive and Negative Answers
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Robert, Nicole D.; LeFevre, Jo-Anne – Research in Mathematics Education, 2013
Does solving subtraction problems with negative answers (e.g., 5-14) require different cognitive processes than solving problems with positive answers (e.g., 14-5)? In a dual-task experiment, young adults (N=39) combined subtraction with two working memory tasks, verbal memory and visual-spatial memory. All of the subtraction problems required…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Undergraduate Students, College Mathematics, Subtraction
Counting on Working Memory when Learning to Count and to Add: A Preschool Study
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Noel, Marie-Pascale – Developmental Psychology, 2009
In this study, the author aimed at measuring how much limited working memory capacity constrains early numerical development before any formal mathematics instruction. To that end, 4- and 5-year-old children were tested for their memory skills in the phonological loop (PL), visuo-spatial sketchpad (VSSP), and central executive (CE); they also…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Short Term Memory, Mathematics Skills, Mathematical Concepts