Speed of Accessing Arithmetic Facts in Long-Term Memory: A Comparison of Chinese-American and Anglo-American Children.

Jensen, Arthur R.; Whang, Patricia A.

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ERIC Number: EJ478626

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Publication Date: 1994

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Speed of Accessing Arithmetic Facts in Long-Term Memory: A Comparison of Chinese-American and Anglo-American Children.

Jensen, Arthur R.; Whang, Patricia A.

Contemporary Educational Psychology, v19 n1 p1-12 Jan 1994

Results of a comparison of 73 Anglo American and 155 Chinese American (CA) fourth through sixth graders on an intelligence test and measures of the speed and consistency of retrieval of arithmetic facts from long-term memory are consistent with the hypothesis that accessing elementary arithmetic knowledge is more completely automatized in CA students. (SLD)

Descriptors: Addition, Anglo Americans, Arithmetic, Chinese Americans, Comparative Analysis, Computation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Intelligence Tests, Long Term Memory, Matched Groups, Multiplication, Nonverbal Ability, Nonverbal Tests, Psychometrics, Subtraction

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Language: English

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