Individual differences in general and specifi c cognitive precursors in early mathematical learning

  1. Estíbaliz Aragón 1
  2. Gamal Cerda 2
  3. Cándida Delgado 1
  4. Manuel Aguilar 1
  5. José I. Navarro
  1. 1 Universidad de Cádiz
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    Universidad de Cádiz

    Cádiz, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04mxxkb11

  2. 2 Universidad de Concepción
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    Universidad de Concepción

    Concepción, Chile

    ROR https://ror.org/0460jpj73

Revista:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915,  1886-144X

Año de publicación: 2019

Volumen: 31

Número: 2

Páginas: 156-162

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

. Antecedentes: la adquisición de habilidades matemáticas está asociada no solo con aptitudes académicas, sino también con el desarrollo de habilidades cognitivas específi cas. Este estudio analizó el papel de los precursores del dominio general y específi co en el pensamiento matemático informal. Método: un total de 109 niños de 4 años participaron en el estudio (M= 59.30; SD= 3.56). Se evaluaron el pensamiento matemático informal con la prueba TEMA-3, y diferentes variables cognitivas. Resultados: tras la realización de un análisis de regresión por pasos, el modelo inferencial evidenció que el 48,5% de la variabilidad de los participantes en el pensamiento matemático informal fue explicado por la memoria de trabajo, velocidad de procesamiento y vocabulario receptivo, así como por la estimación. El modelo indicó que la memoria de trabajo y la velocidad de procesamiento fueron los principales predictores del pensamiento matemático informal a la edad de cuatro años. Mostró también un mayor peso estadístico explicativo para los niños (48,9%) que para las niñas (37,5%). Conclusiones: los datos sugieren que una intervención conjunta correctiva o preventiva, teniendo en cuenta los factores predictivos de los dominios específi cos y generales, podría ser la opción óptima para mejorar el rendimiento en matemáticas en niños en riesgo de tener difi cultades en esta materia

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This work was supported by the MINECO/FEDER Spanish government project PSI2015-63856-P; FONDECYT n. 1191064; FONDECYT n. 1160980 and CONICYT Basal Funding Program (FB0003) Chilean government.

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