ERIC Number: EJ1422638
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0973
EISSN: EISSN-1940-0683
Cognitive Skills, Math-Related Emotions, and Beliefs Explaining Response to Arithmetic Fluency Intervention
Tuire Koponen; Tuija Aro; Markku Leskinen; Pilvi Peura; Helena Viholainen; Mikko Aro
Journal of Experimental Education, v92 n3 p411-430 2024
We examined the associations of cognitive skills, math-related emotions and beliefs, and gender with responses to an arithmetic fluency intervention. Elementary school children with dysfluent arithmetic skills (N=69) participated in an arithmetic fluency intervention (with and without self-efficacy support) implemented in small groups in schools for 12 weeks. Hierarchical regression models including cognitive skills or math-related emotions and beliefs predicted 21% to 50% of the variation in the intervention response, i.e., improvement in arithmetic fluency. Cognitive skills were associated with the response mainly among boys, whereas math-related emotions and beliefs explained more among girls. Thus, both cognitive and non-cognitive factors and their interaction with gender should be considered when identifying non-responders who may need more individually tailored support at school.
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Thinking Skills, Intervention, Beliefs, Mathematics Education, Gender Differences, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Skills, Student Attitudes, Psychological Patterns, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Predictor Variables, Student Characteristics, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Self Efficacy, Mathematics Anxiety, Student Interests, Children, Intelligence Tests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 2; Primary Education; Grade 3; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
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