Sustained attention predicts number sense task performance¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2014 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Sustained Attention emerged as the most robust predictor of number sense variables in supplementary analyses. → 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

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Supplementary regression analyses predicting number sense measures; the article reports in summary that "Sustained Attention emerged as the most robust predictor of number sense variables". Details are in Supplementary Results not fully reproduced here.

"In summary, Sustained Attention emerged as the most robust predictor of number sense variables and Phonological Decoding and the Dot Matrix task were also predictors in some analyses."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Attention — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Among kindergartners with low number sense, attention problems and executive functioning each uniquely predict first-grade mathematics outcomes — related
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