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Romberg, Thomas A.; Collis, Kevin F. – 1980
This paper reports the results of the second of a series of collaborative studies examining how children acquire the skills to represent and solve verbal addition and subtraction problems. The purpose of this study was to identify the cognitive processing capabilities of a group of Tasmanian (Australian) children. Fifteen cognitive tests were…
Descriptors: Addition, Age Differences, Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes
Romberg, Thomas A.; Collis, Kevin F. – 1980
The purpose of this study was to identify the working memory capacity (M-space) for a group of 139 children (4 to 8 years of age) enrolled at Sandy Bay Infant School in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Four M-space tests -- The Counting Span Test (Case and Kurland, 1978), Mr. Cucui Test (DeAvila and Havassy, 1974), the Digit Placement Test (Case,…
Descriptors: Addition, Age Differences, Arithmetic, Cognitive Development