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Title: Differential Cognitive Correlates in Processing Symbolic and Situational Mathematics
Language: English
Authors: Jiaxin Cui, Fan Yang, Yuanyi Peng, Saisai Wang, Xinlin Zhou (ORCID 0000-0002-3530-0922)
Source: Infant and Child Development. 2024 33(4).
Availability: Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 25
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Grade 4
Intermediate Grades
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Symbols (Mathematics), Learning Processes, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Mathematics Skills, Cognitive Ability, Language Processing, Mathematics Achievement, Arithmetic, Computation, Problem Solving
DOI: 10.1002/icd.2500
ISSN: 1522-7227
1522-7219
Abstract: Symbolic and situational mathematics are the two major representations of mathematical knowledge. Although previous literature has studied the relationship between the two from the perspective of teaching practice, learning effectiveness and behavioural performance, there is still a lack of empirical psychological research on cognitive mechanisms to explore the psychological processes of the two. The current study investigated the relationship between symbolic and situational mathematics by determining the differences in cognitive correlates between the two in fourth-grade children. Their symbolic and situational mathematics abilities were assessed using symbolic and situational enumeration tests under the same conditions. Several types of general cognitive abilities, language processing and academic achievements were also examined. Results showed that both situational and symbolic mathematics are crucial for mathematical achievement. Arithmetic computation is closely correlated with symbolic mathematics, whereas spatial processing and inductive reasoning ability are uniquely correlated with situational mathematics. The results suggest that situational and symbolic mathematics have separate cognitive correlates, which means the two are distinct in terms of psychological processing.
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