Working memory and mathematics in primary school children: A meta-analysis

I Friso-Van den Bos, SHG Van der Ven… - Educational research …, 2013 - Elsevier
Working memory, including central executive functions (inhibition, shifting and updating) are
factors thought to play a central role in mathematical skill development. However, results …

The relationship between working memory, IQ, and mathematical skills in children

TP Alloway, MC Passolunghi - Learning and Individual Differences, 2011 - Elsevier
The aim of the present study was to investigate the contribution of working memory and
verbal ability (measured by vocabulary) to mathematical skills in children. A sample of 206 …

A meta-analysis of mathematics and working memory: Moderating effects of working memory domain, type of mathematics skill, and sample characteristics.

P Peng, J Namkung, M Barnes… - Journal of Educational …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
The purpose of this meta-analysis was to determine the relation between mathematics and
working memory (WM) and to identify possible moderators of this relation including domains …

Working memory and mathematics: A review of developmental, individual difference, and cognitive approaches

KP Raghubar, MA Barnes, SA Hecht - Learning and individual differences, 2010 - Elsevier
Working memory refers to a mental workspace, involved in controlling, regulating, and
actively maintaining relevant information to accomplish complex cognitive tasks (eg …

[PDF][PDF] Relationships between facets of working memory and performance on a curriculum-based mathematics test in children

MT Maybery, N Do - Educational and Child Psychology, 2003 - researchgate.net
The involvement of different components of working memory in children's mathematical
reasoning was investigated by administering four memory span tasks and a …

[HTML][HTML] School based working memory training: Preliminary finding of improvement in children's mathematical performance

M Witt - Advances in cognitive psychology, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Working memory is a complex cognitive system responsible for the concurrent storage and
processing of information. Ggiven that a complex cognitive task like mental arithmetic clearly …

Working memory and children's mathematical skills: Implications for mathematical development and mathematics curricula

J Holmes, JW Adams - Educational Psychology, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined the contributions of the different components of the working memory
(WM) model to a range of mathematical skills in children, using measures of WM function …

What's the best way to characterize the relationship between working memory and achievement?: An initial examination of competing theories.

D Miller-Cotto, JP Byrnes - Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Although studies have demonstrated a relationship between working memory and
achievement in math and reading, it is still unclear why working memory might be related to …

Working memory and individual differences in mathematics achievement: A longitudinal study from first grade to second grade

B De Smedt, R Janssen, K Bouwens… - Journal of experimental …, 2009 - Elsevier
This longitudinal study examined the relationship between working memory and individual
differences in mathematics. Working memory measures, comprising the phonological loop …

Training working memory in kindergarten children: Effects on working memory and early numeracy

EH Kroesbergen, JE van't Noordende… - Child …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigated the relationship between working memory and early numeracy. It
aimed to explore the possibility of training young children's working memory and to …