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Wong, Harris; Odic, Darko – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2021
Research over the past 20 years has suggested that our intuitive sense of number--the Approximate Number System (ANS)--is associated with individual differences in symbolic math performance. The mechanism supporting this relationship, however, remains unknown. Here, we test whether the ANS contributes to how well adult observers judge the…
Descriptors: Number Systems, Symbols (Mathematics), Equations (Mathematics), Problem Solving
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Braithwaite, David W.; Sprague, Lauren; Siegler, Robert S. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2022
To explain children's difficulties learning fraction arithmetic, Braithwaite et al. (2017) proposed FARRA, a theory of fraction arithmetic implemented as a computational model. The present study tested predictions of the theory in a new domain, decimal arithmetic, and investigated children's use of conceptual knowledge in that domain. Sixth and…
Descriptors: Number Concepts, Numbers, Arithmetic, Fractions