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Xiaoxuan Fang; Davy Tsz Kit Ng; Manwai Yuen – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
To promote computational thinking in mathematics education, Scratch is used to foster students' computational thinking and mathematical understanding. However, students face challenges in block-based programming environments, such as having low motivation, high anxiety, and cognitive loads. This study combined the pedagogical values of Geogebra…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Mental Computation, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 5
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Huo, Shuting; Zhang, Xiao; Law, Yin Kum – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
Drawing on Geary's (1995) evolution-based model of cognitive and academic development, this study investigated the relation between biologically primary skills (vocabulary, executive functions, and visual-spatial processing) and subsequent word reading and calculation. It also examined the extent to which these relations were mediated by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Socioeconomic Status, Vocabulary Development
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Ho, Eric D. F.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1991
A Chinese mentally retarded calendar savant (age 19) was evaluated for his exceptional proficiency in calendar calculation including converting the Gregorian calendar to the Chinese calendar. Results did not support hypotheses of use of eidetic imagery, high speed calculation, rote memorization, or keying-off (anchoring) strategies. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Computation