数字和域都影响执行功能和数学成就之间的关系:研究儿童的执行功能,有或没有数字
Isabella Starling-Alves1, Lara L Russell-Lasalandra1, Nathan T T Lau2
1Department of Psychology and Human Development, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University.
Developmental psychology
|August 29, 2024
概括
大小处理和执行函数 (EF) 独特地预测数学成绩. 数字认知灵活性显示出最强的联系,突出了数学认知中的特定领域EF.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 教育心理学教育心理学
背景情况:
- 大小处理和执行函数 (EF) 是数学成就的关键预测因素.
- 这些关联的确切性质,特别是特定于领域的EF与域一般的EF,仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 研究大小处理和EFs (工作记忆,抑制控制,认知灵活性) 与数学成就的独特关联.
- 检查数值与非数值EF内容如何调节这些关系.
- 探索大小处理和EFs在预测数学技能中的相互作用.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及359名巴西学生 (8-10岁) 的研究.
- 参与者通过数字和非数字任务完成了工作记忆,抑制控制和认知灵活性的测量.
- 测量包括非象征性和象征性大小比较,以及数学成就测试.
主要成果:
- 非象征性和象征性大小处理都与数学成就一致联系在一起.
- 所有执行功能指标都显示与数学成绩有关联.
- 具有数字内容的认知灵活性与数学成绩有着最强的关联.
结论:
- 大小处理和执行函数与数学成就有着独特的关联.
- 用数值和非数值内容测量的EF与数学成就有不同的关系,这表明不同的认知过程.
- 这些发现支持了核心数值能力和特定领域的执行功能对数学成功的重要性.
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