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Article: The association between visual attention and arithmetic competence: The mediating role of enumeration
Title | The association between visual attention and arithmetic competence: The mediating role of enumeration |
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Keywords | Visual attention Arithmetic Enumeration Goal-directed processing Cognitive capacities |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | Elsevier Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622873/description |
Citation | Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2020, v. 196, article no. 104864 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The current study aimed at clarifying the nature of relation between visual attention and arithmetic competence. A group of 301 Chinese second graders was assessed. Children’s visual attention was measured using two versions of a visual search task, with efficient visual search (the similarity between the target and the distractors is low) tapping automatic, stimulus-driven visual attention and inefficient visual search (the similarity between the target and the distractors is high) tapping effortful, goal-directed visual attention. Children’s arithmetic competence, enumeration skills (assessed in about half of the participants), and other domain-general cognitive abilities were also assessed. The results suggest that only inefficient visual search significantly predicted children’s arithmetic competence, and such a relation was mediated through their enumeration skills. The findings highlight the role of fundamental cognitive capacities in mathematics learning and provide insights into potential interventions for improving children’s arithmetic competence. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/288419 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.8 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.082 |
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dc.contributor.author | Wong, TTY | - |
dc.contributor.author | Liu, D | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-05T12:12:37Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-10-05T12:12:37Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2020, v. 196, article no. 104864 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-0965 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/288419 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The current study aimed at clarifying the nature of relation between visual attention and arithmetic competence. A group of 301 Chinese second graders was assessed. Children’s visual attention was measured using two versions of a visual search task, with efficient visual search (the similarity between the target and the distractors is low) tapping automatic, stimulus-driven visual attention and inefficient visual search (the similarity between the target and the distractors is high) tapping effortful, goal-directed visual attention. Children’s arithmetic competence, enumeration skills (assessed in about half of the participants), and other domain-general cognitive abilities were also assessed. The results suggest that only inefficient visual search significantly predicted children’s arithmetic competence, and such a relation was mediated through their enumeration skills. The findings highlight the role of fundamental cognitive capacities in mathematics learning and provide insights into potential interventions for improving children’s arithmetic competence. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Elsevier Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622873/description | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Experimental Child Psychology | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License | - |
dc.subject | Visual attention | - |
dc.subject | Arithmetic | - |
dc.subject | Enumeration | - |
dc.subject | Goal-directed processing | - |
dc.subject | Cognitive capacities | - |
dc.title | The association between visual attention and arithmetic competence: The mediating role of enumeration | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Wong, TTY: terrytyw@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Wong, TTY=rp02453 | - |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.jecp.2020.104864 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 32344115 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85083721114 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 315218 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 196 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 104864 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 104864 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000533629700009 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0022-0965 | - |