Predicted arithmetic scores correlate with visuospatial working memory but show poor correlation with verbal working memory¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2 · i2 medium
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Subclaims¶

q2 i2 Predicted subtraction and multiplication scores were significantly correlated with visuospatial WM subtest scores (e.g., Spatial Recall r = 0.3100 and r = 0.3664). → Zhang 2024 q2 i? No significant correlation was found between the subtraction model's predicted scores and verbal WM scores; the multiplication model predicted digit recall (r = 0.1932) but not listening recall. → Zhang 2024 (2)

Evidence¶

Zhang 2024¶

Zhang, D., Xie, Y., Wang, L. & Zhou, K. (2024). Structural and transcriptional signatures of arithmetic abilities in children. npj Science of Learning 9, 58. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00270-6

q2 · i2 · associational · r2

Correlation analysis of predictive-model output against AWMA-S WM subtests in the same 130 children; subtraction predictions correlated with Dot Matrix (r = 0.2178) and Spatial Recall (r = 0.3100), and multiplication predictions showed similar visuospatial correlations.

"The results of this analysis revealed that the predicted scores of subtraction predictive models were significantly correlated with the subtests scores in visuospatial WM (Dot Matrix: r = 0.2178, P = 0.0155, Spatial Recall: r = 0.3100, P = 0.0005)."

Zhang 2024 (2)¶

Zhang, D., Xie, Y., Wang, L. & Zhou, K. (2024). Structural and transcriptional signatures of arithmetic abilities in children. npj Science of Learning 9, 58. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00270-6

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Verbal WM correlations were largely null: no significant correlation for the subtraction model with verbal WM, while the multiplication model correlated with digit recall (r = 0.1932, P = 0.0323) but not listening recall. No effect size was printed for the null results.

"However, there was no significant correlation between the predicted scores of the subtraction predictive model and the scores of verbal WM (Table 2)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Working Memory — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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