Primary school children's multiplication ability falls into three groups: single digit problem solvers, multidigit problem solvers, and high performers.¶
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Currency · newest study 2015 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2020: baselines and conditions change
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q3 i? Child analyses of multiplication ability indicated three groups: single digit problem solvers, multidigit problem solvers, and high performers. → S.H.G. van der Ven 2015
Evidence¶
S.H.G. van der Ven 2015¶
S.H.G. van der Ven, M. Straatemeier, B.R.J. Jansen, S. Klinkenberg, H.L.J. van der Maas. (2015). Learning multiplication: An integrated analysis of the multiplication ability of primary school children and the difficulty of single digit and multidigit multiplication problems. Learning and Individual Differences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2015.08.013
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Analysis of primary school children's mental multiplication ability in the study's child analyses identified three ability groups, described as "single digit problem solvers, multidigit problem solvers, and high performers." No effect size is printed for this grouping.
"Child analyses indicated three groups: single digit problem solvers, multidigit problem solvers, and high performers."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Exploratory analyses of multidigit multiplication difficulty suggest children rely on the base 10 structure of the number system. — related
- Within-grade differences in primary school children's multiplication ability are very large. — related
- Both a predominantly computational-strategy task and a retrieval-expected task show most support for the computational efficiency model of multiplication difficulty. — related
- Previously identified effects in single digit multiplication, including the problem size effect and the tie effect, replicate in an integrated item-difficulty analysis. — related
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title |
Primary school children's multiplication ability falls into three groups: single digit problem solvers, multidigit problem solvers, and high performers. |
description |
Primary school children's multiplication ability falls into three groups: single digit problem solvers, multidigit problem solvers, and high performers. |
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2015 |
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2020 |
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