Morphological awareness in arithmetic word-problem solving among Chinese early adolescents

Autor: Haomin (Stanley) Zhang, Zhaohan Xu, Xiaoqian Xu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2662-9992
DOI: 10.1057/s41599-023-02416-0
Popis: Abstract The current study explored a specific reading subskill, morphological awareness, in arithmetic word-problem solving among Chinese early adolescent students (N = 668, mean age = 11.3 years). Participants completed measures of Chinese morphological awareness, receptive vocabulary as well as arithmetic word-problem solving. Drawing upon multivariate analyses (hierarchical multiple regression and path analysis), the study showed that morphological awareness facets collectively contributed to arithmetic word-problem solving above and beyond age and receptive vocabulary. More specifically, recognition and discrimination of compound words were uniquely associated with word-problem-solving skills. The current study highlights the uniqueness of Chinese morphological awareness in structural linguistic input, and the facilitative effect of morphological awareness on arithmetic problem-solving.
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