Prediction of elementary mathematics grades by cognitive abilities
Autor: | Stefan Krauss, Georg Bruckmaier, Markus Bühner, Sven Hilbert, Kurt Binder |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
Logical reasoning
Working memory Teaching method 05 social sciences 050301 education Educational psychology Short-term memory Cognition 510 Mathematik 370 Erziehung Schul- und Bildungswesen Structural equation modeling Education Elementary mathematics 150 Psychologie Developmental and Educational Psychology Mathematics education ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology 0503 education 050104 developmental & child psychology |
DOI: | 10.5283/epub.51304 |
Popis: | In the present study, the relationship between the mathematics grade and the three basic cognitive abilities (inhibition, working memory, and reasoning) was analyzed regarding possible alterations during elementary school. In a sample of N = 244 children, the mathematics grade was best predicted by working memory performance in the second grade and by reasoning in the third and fourth grades. Differentiation of these abilities during elementary school was considered as a cause for this pattern but discarded after the analysis of structural equation models. Thus, with respect to output-orientated curricula, scholastic standards, and a large inter-individual heterogeneity of students, it is implied for teachers to account for different cognitive strengths and weaknesses of their students, using adequate tasks and teaching strategies like self-differentiating tasks and adaptive explorative learning. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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