Children without MD benefited from strategy conditions on operation span but not on solution or calculation accuracy¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2013 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Children without MD did not benefit from strategy conditions on solution and calculation accuracy but did benefit on the operation span measure. → Swanson et al. 2013

Evidence¶

Swanson et al. 2013¶

H. Lee Swanson, Michael J. Orosco, Cathy Lussier. (2013). Does Cognitive Strategy Training on Word Problems Compensate for Working Memory Capacity in Children with Math Difficulties? SREE Spring 2013 Conference. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED563039

q2 · i? · causal · r2

The authors' stated pattern from the posttest comparisons in the randomized study, reported in the Conclusions section. The article offers two possible explanations: the operation span measure was novel and strategies may have provided working memory practice, or embedded calculation in the training and the span measure accounted for the transfer.

"children without MD did not benefit from strategy conditions on posttest measures of solution and calculation accuracy, but benefited from strategy conditions on the posttest operation span measure."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Operations and Place Value — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• The treatment x WMC interaction persists after controlling reading, calculation, and fluid intelligence — related
• Strategy conditions do not improve problem-solving performance for children without math difficulties — related
• Verbal and verbal+visual strategy conditions improve calculation accuracy for both ability groups — reports the opposite