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ArticleCurrent psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.)2022

How does working memory matter in young children's arithmetic skills: The mediating role of basic number processing.

Yue Qi, Yinghe Chen, Xiujie Yang, Yusi Hao

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Article in Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.), 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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Yue Qi *Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, 19 Xinjiekouwai Avenue, Haidian District, 100875 Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Yinghe Chen *Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, 19 Xinjiekouwai Avenue, Haidian District, 100875 Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Xiujie YangFaculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, 19 Xinjiekouwai Avenue, Haidian District, 100875 Beijing, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-8866-0203
Yusi HaoFaculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, 19 Xinjiekouwai Avenue, Haidian District, 100875 Beijing, People's Republic of China.

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Abstract

The current study investigated whether and how each component of the working memory model was associated with kindergarten children's arithmetic performance. A total of 103 Chinese kindergarten children were administered tests of the visuospatial sketchpad, the phonological loop, the central executive, and basic number processing (i.e., number line estimation, nonverbal numerosity estimation and numerical magnitude comparison). The results showed that among the three working memory components, the central executive accounted for a significant proportion of the variance in young children's arithmetic performance. In terms of basic number processing, number line estimation and numerical magnitude comparison had significant influences on young children's arithmetic performance. Furthermore, numerical magnitude comparison played a mediating role between the visuospatial sketchpad and early arithmetic skills. These findings highlight the importance of working memory and basic number processing in early arithmetic skills and reveal different pathways through which the three working memory components influence young children's arithmetic performance.

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ArithmeticBasic number processingKindergarten childrenMediating effectWorking memory

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PMCPMC8956146

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