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Autor*innen: Lindberg, Sven; Linkersdörfer, Janosch; Lehmann, Martin; Hasselhorn, Marcus; Lonnemann, Jan
Titel: Individual differences in children's early strategy behavior in arithmetic tasks
In: Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 3 (2013) 1, S. 192-200
DOI: 10.5539/jedp.v3n1p192
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jedp.v3n1p192
Dokumenttyp: 3a. Beiträge in begutachteten Zeitschriften; Aufsatz (keine besondere Kategorie)
Sprache: Englisch
Schlagwörter: Deutschland; Effektivität; Empirische Untersuchung; Frankfurt a.M.; Grundschule; Mathematische Kompetenz; Mathematisches Denken; Primarbereich; Rechnen; Strategie; Test
Abstract (english): As demonstrated by the Overlapping Waves Model (Siegler, 1996), children's strategy use in arithmetic tasks is variable, adaptive, and changes gradually with age and experience. In this study, first grade elementary school children (n = 73), who scored high, middle, or low in a standardized scholastic mathematic achievement test, were confronted with different arithmetic tasks (simple addition, e.g., 3 + 2, simple subtraction, e.g., 7 - 2, and more advanced addition, e.g., 7 + 9) to evoke different calculation strategies. Video analysis and children's self-report were used to identify individual strategy behavior. In accordance with the Overlapping Waves Model, children in all achievement groups showed variable and multiple strategy usage and adapted their behavior to the tasks of the different categories. We demonstrated that not only low achievers differed from normal achievers but also that high achievers exhibited a unique pattern of strategy behavior in early mathematics.
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