Figure-matching ability correlates more strongly with numerosity processing and computational fluency than other cognitive factors¶
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q3 i? Figure-matching ability had higher correlations with numerosity processing and computational fluency than did forward verbal working memory, visual tracing, non-verbal matrix reasoning, mental rotation, and choice reaction time. → Zhou X 2015
Evidence¶
Zhou X 2015¶
Zhou X, Wei W, Zhang Y, Cui J, and Chen C (2015) Visual perception can account for the close relation between numerosity processing and computational fluency. Front. Psychol. 6:1364. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01364
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Correlational analyses across 424 children in grades 3–5 showed figure matching had the highest correlations with numerosity comparison accuracy and computational fluency among the cognitive tests administered. The article states "figure-matching ability had higher correlations with numerosity processing and computational fluency than did other cognitive factors."
"Results showed that figure-matching ability had higher correlations with numerosity processing and computational fluency than did other cognitive factors (e.g., forward verbal working memory, visual tracing, non-verbal matrix reasoning, mental rotation, and choice reaction time)."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- General Cognitive Ability — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
- Spatial Ability — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
- Visual Processing — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Neither numerosity processing nor figure matching predicts general mathematical achievement — related
- Figure-matching ability accounts for the association between numerosity processing and computational fluency in third- to fifth-grade children — related
- The relation between visual perception and computational fluency holds for simple subtraction across all grades but only for higher grades in complex arithmetic — related
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Figure-matching ability correlates more strongly with numerosity processing and computational fluency than other cognitive factors |
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Figure-matching ability correlates more strongly with numerosity processing and computational fluency than other cognitive factors |
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