The Role of the Working Memory and Language Skills in the Prediction of Word Problem Solving in 4- to 7-Year-Old Children

Autor/inn/en	Kyttälä, Minna; Aunio, Pirjo; Lepola, Janne; Hautamäki, Jarkko
Titel	The Role of the Working Memory and Language Skills in the Prediction of Word Problem Solving in 4- to 7-Year-Old Children
Quelle	In: Educational Psychology, 34 (2014) 6, S.674-696 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0144-3410
DOI	10.1080/01443410.2013.814192
Schlagwörter	Role; Short Term Memory; Foreign Countries; Visual Perception; Spatial Ability; Verbal Ability; Mathematics Skills; Problem Solving; Word Problems (Mathematics); Prediction; Preschool Children; Kindergarten; Vocabulary; Listening Comprehension; Statistical Analysis; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rollen; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Ausland; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Mündliche Leistung; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Problemlösen; Textaufgabe; Vorhersage; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Wortschatz; Hörverständnis; Statistische Analyse; Finnland
Abstract	The aim of this study was to analyse the role of verbal and visuo-spatial working memory (WM) and language skills (vocabulary, listening comprehension) in predicting preschool and kindergarten-aged children's ability to solve mathematical word problems presented orally. The participants were 116 Finnish-speaking children aged 4-7?years. The results showed that verbal WM (VWM) did not have a direct effect on word problems in young children but was indirectly related to word problems through vocabulary and listening comprehension. These results suggest that in young children, VWM resources support language skills which, furthermore, contribute to variation in solving orally presented word problems. The results also showed that visuo-spatial WM had a direct effect on performance in word problems, suggesting that it plays an important role in word problem solving among this age group. (As Provided).
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