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Multimedia Battery for Assessment of Cognitive and Basic Skills in Mathematics BM-PROMA

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Math attitudes and verbal memory in multilingual younger adults.

Gigi Luk¹, Esteban Hernández-Rivera², Karla Tarín²

¹Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University.

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology = Revue Canadienne De Psychologie Experimentale

|January 17, 2025

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Math attitudes were similar across English and French in multilingual young adults. Negative math attitudes were linked to lower verbal memory in English, but not calculation fluency.

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Cognitive Psychology
Educational Psychology
Linguistics

Background:

Previous research on mathematics attitudes primarily focused on monolingual individuals.
Understanding math attitudes in multilingual populations is crucial for inclusive education.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if mathematics attitudes differ between languages in multilingual young adults.
To explore the relationship between math attitudes, verbal memory, and calculation fluency across languages.

Main Methods:

Surveyed 87 French-English bilingual young adults (18-25 years) on math attitudes, verbal memory, and calculation fluency in both languages.
Utilized the Mathematics Anxiety Scale-Revised (MAS-R) for attitude assessment.
Employed exploratory factor analysis and correlation analyses.

Main Results:

Mathematics attitudes were comparable between English and French.
A negative correlation was found between negative math attitudes and verbal memory in English, persisting after controlling for language proficiency.
No significant correlation was observed between math attitudes (positive or negative) and calculation fluency.

Conclusions:

Language of assessment does not appear to significantly alter math attitudes in this French-English bilingual sample.
Negative math attitudes may be associated with reduced verbal memory performance in a specific language (English) for bilinguals.
Math attitudes do not correlate with calculation fluency in this multilingual context.