Verbal STM/WM and several executive and sensorimotor measures show no robust relation with math in children with normal reading skill¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Verbal STM/WM, sustained attention, stop signal performance, finger knowledge, line bisection, symmetry and mental rotation showed no significant partial correlations with math. → Szűcs Dénes 2014

Evidence¶

Szűcs Dénes 2014¶

Szűcs Dénes, Devine Amy, Soltesz Fruzsina, Nobes Alison, Gabriel Florence. (2014). Cognitive components of a mathematical processing network in 9-year-old children. Developmental Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12144

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Zero-order and partial correlation analyses (controlling WISC Vocabulary, Block Design, Raven) in the 98-child sample; verbal STM (Word Recall), sustained attention, stop signal, symmetry and mental rotation also lacked significant partial correlations with math.

"There were no significant partial or zero-order correlations with simple RT (r = −0.13), finger knowledge (r = 0.05), line bisection deviation score (r = 0.12) or RT (r = −0.016)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Working Memory — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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