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Developmental and Individual Differences in Understanding of Fractions
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Siegler, Robert S.; Pyke, Aryn A. – Grantee Submission, 2013
We examined developmental and individual differences in 6th and 8th graders' fraction arithmetic and overall mathematics achievement and related them to differences in understanding of fraction magnitudes, whole number division, executive functioning, and metacognitive judgments within a crosssectional design. Results indicated that the difference…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Individual Development, Individual Differences, Mathematics
Early Childcare, Executive Functioning, and the Moderating Role of Early Stress Physiology
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Berry, Daniel; Willoughby, Michael T.; Blair, Clancy; Ursache, Alexandra; Granger, Douglas A. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Intervention studies indicate that children's childcare experiences can be leveraged to support the development of executive functioning (EF). The role of more normative childcare experiences is less clear. Increasingly, theory and empirical work suggest that individual differences in children's physiological stress systems may be associated with…
Descriptors: Child Care, Stress Variables, Executive Function, Physiology
Developmental and Individual Differences in Understanding of Fractions
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Siegler, Robert S.; Pyke, Aryn A. – Developmental Psychology, 2013
We examined developmental and individual differences in 6th and 8th graders' fraction arithmetic and overall mathematics achievement and related them to differences in understanding of fraction magnitudes, whole number division, executive functioning, and metacognitive judgments within a cross-sectional design. Results indicated that the…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Arithmetic, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Instruction