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The development of strategy use in elementary school children: Working memory and individual differences

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Imbo, Ineke, Vandierendonck, André·2007·Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

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The current study tested the development of working memory involvement in children's arithmetic strategy selection and strategy efficiency. To this end, an experiment in which the dual-task method and the choice/no-choice method were combined was administered to 10- to 12-year-olds. Working memory was needed in retrieval, transformation, and counting strategies, but the ratio between available working memory resources and arithmetic task demands changed across development. More frequent retrieval use, more efficient memory retrieval, and more efficient counting processes reduced the working memory requirements. Strategy efficiency and strategy selection were also modified by individual differences such as processing speed, arithmetic skill, gender, and math anxiety. Short-term memory capacity, in contrast, was not related to children's strategy selection or strategy efficiency.

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Authors
Imbo, I., & Vandierendonck, A.
Affiliations
Ghent University (BE)
Corresponding author
Imbo, Ineke
Venue
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2007-04
Volume
96
Issue
4
Pages
284-309
ISSN
0022-0965 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2126563085
Cited by
244
References
96
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FWCI
4.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • Universiteit Gent
  • Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds UGent
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Applied Mathematics › Mathematics Education and Pedagogy
Keywords
working memory, strategy selection, strategy efficiency, elementary school students, cognitive development, individual differences, processing speed, mathematics anxiety, gender differences, short-term memory capacity, retrieval strategies, counting strategies, transformation strategy
MeSH terms
Age Factors, Analysis of Variance, Anxiety, Belgium, Child, Child Development, Cognition, Female, Higher Nervous Activity, Humans, Male, Mathematics, Memory, Memory, Short-Term, Models, Psychological, Problem Solving, Reaction Time, Sex Factors

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