The relation between kindergarten spatial orientation and arithmetic is partially mediated by number line estimation¶

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q3 i? The relation between spatial orientation and arithmetic was partially mediated by the number line estimation task. → Véronique Cornu 2017

Evidence¶

Véronique Cornu 2017¶

Véronique Cornu, Caroline Hornung, Christine Schiltz, Romain Martin. (2017). The predictive role of spatial skills for arithmetic and number line estimation in kindergarten children. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2017.09.002

q3 · i? · associational · r?

Mediation analysis reported in the longitudinal study of kindergarten children (N = 125), testing whether number line estimation accounted for the spatial orientation–arithmetic relation. The article reports that "The relation between spatial orientation and arithmetic was partially mediated by the number line estimation task"; mediation was partial, not full.

"The relation between spatial orientation and arithmetic was partially mediated by the number line estimation task."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Kindergarten spatial orientation performance longitudinally predicts number line estimation performance four months later — related
• Kindergarten spatial orientation performance longitudinally predicts arithmetic performance four months later — related
• Some aspects of spatial skills are more predictive of mathematical development than others, so the construct must be differentiated — related
• The three estimation tasks do not represent the same construct in young children and should not be combined into composites — related
• Number naming and number comparison are better predictors of kindergarten arithmetic than number line estimation — reports the opposite