Claims

Arithmetic problems are re-read before computation, and first readings capture only short, common or round numbers

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q2
Currency · newest study 1922 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.

This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.

q2 i? Problems are invariably re-read in whole or in part before computation begins. → New Publications in Educational Psychology and Related Fields of Education 1922 q2 i? In the first reading of a problem, only short, common or round numbers are read. → New Publications in Educational Psychology and Related Fields of Education 1922

Evidence

New Publications in Educational Psychology and Related Fields of Education. (1922). https://eric.ed.gov/

q2 · i? · causal · r?

Eye-movement study in which six adult subjects read simple arithmetical problems, isolated numerals, and prose while photographic apparatus recorded their eye movements. The review reports that "Problems are invariably re-read in whole or in part before computation ensues."

"Problems are invariably re-read in whole or in part before computation ensues. In the first reading only short, common or round numbers are read."

Discussion

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Field Value
type claim
id problems-reread-before-computation
title Arithmetic problems are re-read before computation, and first readings capture only short, common or round numbers
description Arithmetic problems are re-read before computation, and first readings capture only short, common or round numbers
status review
evidence_strength moderate
newest_evidence 1922
generated by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-25
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sources 1 — new-publications-in-educational-psychology-and-related-fields-of-education-1922

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