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Sasanguie, Delphine; De Smedt, Bert; Defever, Emmy; Reynvoet, Bert – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2012
Various measures have been used to investigate number processing in children, including a number comparison or a number line estimation task. The present study aimed to examine whether and to which extent these different measures of number representation are related to performance on a curriculum-based standardized mathematics achievement test in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Number Concepts, Grade 6, Cognitive Development
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Defever, Emmy; Sasanguie, Delphine; Gebuis, Titia; Reynvoet, Bert – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2011
How people process and represent magnitude has often been studied using number comparison tasks. From the results of these tasks, a comparison distance effect (CDE) is generated, showing that it is easier to discriminate two numbers that are numerically further apart (e.g., 2 and 8) compared with numerically closer numbers (e.g., 6 and 8).…
Descriptors: Models, Mathematics Tests, Kindergarten, Grade 6