Psychological Development and Education ›› 2006, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (2): 29-35.

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The Influence of Working Memory Span on Children’s Arithmetical Cognitive Strategies

CHEN Ying-he1, WANG Ming-yi1,2   

  1. 1. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    2. Department of Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083
  • Online:2006-04-15 Published:2006-04-15

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Abstract: The influence of working memory span on children's arithmetical strategies was examined in a sample of 113 primary school children in grade 2.The results indicated that the strategies selection of children with different span had significant difference.These strategies included speaking-aloud,hand-moving,count-in-mind,vertical-formula,decom-position,make-up-the-number,guessing and quit.The execution of the strategies of different span children was also distinct.When the span was aligned from the lowest to the highest,selection of speaking-aloud strategy showed a shape of wave,and the hand-moving,count-in-mind and guess indicated threshold trends,and the vertical-formula,decomposition and quit had the traits of ladder.Chiefly,the performances of children's arithmetical cognitive strategies were obviously limited to their working memory capacity.

Key words: child, working memory span, arithmetic, cognitive strategy

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  • B844.1
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