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Development of Cognitive Abilities through the Abacus in Primary Education Students: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
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León, Samuel P.; Carcelén Fraile, María del Carmen; García-Martínez, Inmaculada – Education Sciences, 2021
(1) Background: An abacus is an instrument used to perform different arithmetic operations. The objective was to analyze the benefits of mathematical calculations made with an abacus to improve the concentration, attention, memory, perceptive attitudes, and creativity cognitive abilities of primary school students. (2) Methods: A total of 65…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Manipulative Materials, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Activities
Effects of Visual and Verbal Cues in Facilitating the Remembering of an Autobiographical Event in Preschoolers
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Mateo, Alonso; Ros, Laura; Ricarte, Jorge J.; Fernandez, Dolores; Latorre, Jose M. – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
Although small children have autobiographical memories, as they grow, they forget its specific details. Although this forgetting is common in early childhood, the presence of effective cues may help recall autobiographical memories. This study examines the effect of verbal and visual cues on the long-term maintenance of a school trip…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Memory, Recall (Psychology)
The Relationship between Neuropsychological and Ecological Measurements of Executive Functioning in Childhood and the Prediction of Mathematics Performance. A Pilot Study
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Zorrilla-Silvestre, Lorena; Presentación-Herrero, María Jesús; Gil-Gómez, Jesús – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2016
Introduction: This study explored the variables of executive functioning (EF) that permitted the evaluation of EF both at home and at school. The objective was to compare the results of the evaluations of these functions in children aged 5 to 6 years, and see to what extent these variables predicted mathematics performance best. Method: Sixty-six…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Neuropsychology, Ecology, Predictor Variables