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Alloway, Tracy Packiam; Passolunghi, Maria Chiara – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
The aim of the present study was to investigate the contribution of working memory and verbal ability (measured by vocabulary) to mathematical skills in children. A sample of 206 seven- and eight-year-olds was administered tests of these cognitive skills. A different pattern emerged that was dependent on both the memory task and the math skill. In…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Short Term Memory, Verbal Ability, Correlation