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ArticleThe British journal of developmental psychology2018

Cognition, emotion, and arithmetic in primary school: A cross-cultural investigation.

Maja Rodic, Jiaxin Cui, Sergey Malykh, Xinlin Zhou, Elena I Gynku, Elena L Bogdanova, Dina Y Zueva, Olga Y Bogdanova, Yulia Kovas

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Article in The British journal of developmental psychology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Maja RodicLaboratory for Cognitive Investigations and Behavioural Genetics, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia.
Jiaxin CuiState Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Sergey MalykhLaboratory for Cognitive Investigations and Behavioural Genetics, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia.
Xinlin ZhouState Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning & IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Elena I GynkuLaboratory for Cognitive Investigations and Behavioural Genetics, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia.
Elena L BogdanovaUnit of General and Educational Psychology, Psychology Department, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia.
Dina Y ZuevaLaboratory for Cognitive Investigations and Behavioural Genetics, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia.
Olga Y BogdanovaUnit of General and Educational Psychology, Psychology Department, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia.
Yulia KovasLaboratory for Cognitive Investigations and Behavioural Genetics, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia.
National Research Tomsk State University · RUBeijing Normal University · CNChinese Institute for Brain Research · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study investigated cross-cultural differences in variability and average performance in arithmetic, mathematical reasoning, symbolic and non-symbolic magnitude processing, intelligence, spatial ability, and mathematical anxiety in 890 6- to 9-year-old children from the United Kingdom, Russia, and China. Cross-cultural differences explained 28% of the variance in arithmetic and 17.3% of the variance in mathematical reasoning, with Chinese children outperforming the other two groups. No cross-cultural differences were observed for spatial ability and mathematical anxiety. In all samples, symbolic magnitude processing and mathematical reasoning were independently related to early arithmetic. Other factors, such as non-symbolic magnitude processing, mental rotation, intelligence, and mathematical anxiety, produced differential patterns across the populations. The results are discussed in relation to potential influences of parental practice, school readiness, and linguistic factors on individual differences in early mathematics. Statement of contribution What is already known on this subject? Cross-cultural differences in mathematical ability are present in preschool children. Similar mechanisms of mathematical development operate in preschool children from the United Kingdom, Russia, and China. Tasks that require understanding of numbers are best predictors of arithmetic in preschool children. What does this study add? Cross-cultural differences in mathematical ability become greater with age/years of formal education. Similar mechanisms of mathematical development operate in early primary school children from the United Kingdom, Russia, and China. Symbolic number magnitude and mathematical reasoning are the main predictors of arithmetic in all three populations.

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Cross-Cultural ComparisonMathematical ConceptsMathematicsAnxietyAptitudeChildChinaCognitionEmotionsFemaleHumansIntelligenceMaleRussiaSpace PerceptionThinkingarithmeticcognitive abilitycross-culturalmathematical anxietyspatial ability

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