Extensive Chinese logographic literacy training is associated with higher visuospatial short-term storage that does not generalize to phonological storage¶

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Currency · newest study 2011 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Chinese children's visuospatial short-term storage exceeded Greek children's by about three units from ages 8 to 14, while working memory for words and numbers was the same. → Demetriou 2011

Evidence¶

Demetriou 2011¶

Demetriou, A., Spanoudis, G., & Mouyi, A. (2011). Educating the Developing Mind: Towards an Overarching Paradigm. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-011-9178-3

q2 · i? · review · r2

The review reports, citing Demetriou et al. 2005, a cross-cultural comparison of Chinese and Greek children's storage capacities. The visuospatial advantage of "about three units" did not extend to phonological storage or executive operations; no effect size is printed.

"the capacity of visuospatial short-term storage of Chinese children exceeded the corresponding capacity of Greek children by about three units of information throughout the period from 8 to 14 years of age, whereas their working memory for words and numbers was the same"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Spatial Ability — outcome: instruction changes it
• Working Memory — outcome: instruction changes it

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