Cognitive processes that underlie mathematical precociousness in young children |
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Authors: | Swanson H Lee |
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Affiliation: | Graduate School of Education, Area of Educational Psychology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA. lee.swanson@ucr.edu |
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Abstract: | The working memory (WM) processes that underlie young children's (ages 6-8 years) mathematical precociousness were examined. A battery of tests that assessed components of WM (phonological loop, visual-spatial sketch pad, and central executive), naming speed, random generation, and fluency was administered to mathematically precocious and average-achieving children. The results showed that (a) precocious children performed better on executive processing, inhibition, and naming speed tasks than did average-achieving children, although the two groups were statistically comparable on measures of the phonological loop and visual-spatial sketch pad, and (b) the executive component of WM predicted mathematical accuracy independent of chronological age, reading, inhibition, and naming speed. The results support the notion that the executive system is an important predictor of children's mathematical precociousness and that this system can operate independent of individual differences in the phonological loop, inhibition, and reading in predicting mathematical accuracy. |
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Keywords: | Working memory Math precociousness Problem solving Phonological processing Executive processing |
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