Children shift from counting to memory-based retrieval strategies in single-digit addition over a 1.2-year interval in middle childhood¶
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q3 i? Over 1.2 years, children's use of memory-based retrieval strategies increased and counting strategies decreased during arithmetic problem solving. → Qin Shaozheng 2014
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Qin Shaozheng 2014¶
Qin Shaozheng, Cho Soohyun, Chen Tianwen, Rosenberg-Lee Miriam, Geary David C., Menon Vinod. (2014). Hippocampal-neocortical functional reorganization underlies children's cognitive development. Nature Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3788
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Longitudinal behavioral strategy assessment in 28 children ages 7-9 at two time points 1.2 years apart, using a validated trial-by-trial classification of counting versus direct retrieval. The article reports "increased use of memory-based strategies (t(27)=2.43, P=0.02)" and decreased counting; no effect size is printed.
"Longitudinal changes in children's problem solving between ages 7–9 involved increased use of memory-based strategies (t(27)=2.43, P=0.02) and decreased use of counting strategies (t(27)=– 2.16, P=0.04)."
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Related Claims¶
- Hippocampal engagement during arithmetic problem solving increases longitudinally in children while prefrontal-parietal engagement decreases — related
- Arithmetic problem-solving performance improves over 1.2 years in children, with larger gains on standard addition than control problems — related
- Memory-based strategy use continues to increase from childhood through adolescence into adulthood — related
- Longitudinal gains in children's retrieval fluency are predicted by increased hippocampal-neocortical functional connectivity, not by hippocampal activation levels — related
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Children shift from counting to memory-based retrieval strategies in single-digit addition over a 1.2-year interval in middle childhood |
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Children shift from counting to memory-based retrieval strategies in single-digit addition over a 1.2-year interval in middle childhood |
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