Cognition, emotion, and arithmetic in primaryschool: A cross-cultural investigationстатья
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Авторы:
Rodic M.,
Cui J.,
Malykh S.,
Zhou X.,
Gynku E.,
Bogdanova E.,
Zueva D.,
Bogdanova O.,
Kovas Y.
Аннотация:The study investigated cross-cultural differences in variability and average performance
in arithmetic, mathematical reasoning, symbolic and non-symbolic magnitude
processing, intelligence, spatial ability, and mathematical anxiety in 890 6- to 9-yearold
children from the United Kingdom, Russia, and China. Cross-cultural differences
explained 28% of the variance in arithmetic and 17.3% of the variance in
mathematical reasoning, with Chinese children outperforming the other two groups.
No cross-cultural differences were observed for spatial ability and mathematical
anxiety. In all samples, symbolic magnitude processing and mathematical reasoning
were independently related to early arithmetic. Other factors, such as non-symbolic
magnitude processing, mental rotation, intelligence, and mathematical anxiety,
produced differential patterns across the populations. The results are discussed in
relation to potential influences of parental practice, school readiness, and linguistic
factors on individual differences in early mathematics.