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ArticleBMC psychology2022

Relating mathematical abilities to numerical skills and executive functions in informal and formal schooling.

Peera Wongupparaj, Roi Cohen Kadosh

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Article in BMC psychology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Peera WongupparajCognitive Science and Innovation Research Unit, College of Research Methodology and Cognitive Science, Burapha University, Saen Suk, Thailand. peera.wo@go.buu.ac.th.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8099-9157
Roi Cohen KadoshDepartment of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5564-5469
Burapha University · THUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

National Research Council of Thailand 54/2550Newton Mobility Grant 2017 RD1 NG170110
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe current evidence on an integrative role of the domain-specific early mathematical skills and number-specific executive functions (EFs) from informal to formal schooling and their effect on mathematical abilities is so far unclear. The main objectives of this study were to (i) compare the domain-specific early mathematics, the number-specific EFs, and the mathematical abilities between preschool and primary school children, and (ii) examine the relationship among the domain-specific early mathematics, the number-specific EFs, and the mathematical abilities among preschool and primary school children.

methodsThe current study recruited 6- and 7-year-old children (N

resultsThe current results showed using MANOVA that primary school children were superior to preschool children over more complex tests of the domain-specific early mathematics; number-specific EFs; mathematical abilities, particularly for more sophisticated numerical knowledge; and number-specific EF components. The SEM revealed that both the domain-specific early numerical and the number-specific EFs significantly related to the mathematical abilities across age groups. Nevertheless, the number comparison test and mental number line of the domain-specific early mathematics significantly correlated with the mathematical abilities of formal school children. These results show the benefits of both the domain-specific early mathematics and the number-specific EFs in mathematical development, especially at the key stages of formal schooling. Understanding the relationship between EFs and early mathematics in improving mathematical achievements could allow a more powerful approach in improving mathematical education at this developmental stage.

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Child DevelopmentExecutive FunctionAchievementChildChild, PreschoolCognitionHumansMathematicsDomain-specific early mathematicsMathematical abilitiesNumber-specific executive functionsPreschool and primary school children

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PMID35148787
PMCPMC8832645
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