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Is Word-Problem Solving a Form of Text Comprehension?
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- Transfer between Reading Comprehension and Word-Problem Solving among Children with Learning Difficulty in Both Domains.Journal of educational psychology · 2024Article
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- Connections between Mathematics and Reading Development: Numerical Cognition Mediates Relations between Foundational Competencies and Later Academic Outcomes.Journal of educational psychology · 2022Article
- The Demands of Simple and Complex Arithmetic Word Problems on Language and Cognitive Resources.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Closing the Word-Problem Achievement Gap in First Grade: Schema-Based Word-Problem Intervention with Embedded Language Comprehension Instruction.Journal of educational psychology · 2021Article
- Language-Related Longitudinal Predictors of Arithmetic Word Problem Solving: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach.Contemporary educational psychology · 2020Article
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Abstract
This study's hypotheses were that (a) word-problem (WP) solving is a form of text comprehension that involves language comprehension processes, working memory, and reasoning, but (b) WP solving differs from other forms of text comprehension by requiring WP-specific language comprehension as well as general language comprehension. At the start of the 2nd grade, children (
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