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Cognitive processes and math performance: a study with children at third grade of basic education

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The present study aims to examine the relationship between cognitive factors and mathematical achievement in primary education. Participants were 103 Portuguese third grade students, aged 8 and 9. All participants completed a battery for working memory (WMTB-C), a test of general intelligence (Raven's Progressive Color Matrices), a selective attention test (d2), and mathematical exercises (arithmetic story problems and measurement skills). Data suggested significant correlations between math performance, executive, visuospatial sketchpad and g factor. Our findings suggest the importance of the cognitive factors in two mathematical domains considered. In consonance with the research in this area, we conclude that working memory (WM) assumes an important role in different math curricular achievements.

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    Isabel S. Campos & Glória Ramalho

  2. Instituto de Educação, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

    Leandro S. Almeida

  3. Business Research Unit, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE–IUL), Lisboa, Portugal

    Aristides I. Ferreira & Luis F. Martinez

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Isabel S. Campos. Researcher, ISPA – Instituto Universitário, Rua Jardim do Tabaco, 34, Lisbon 1149-041, Portugal. E-mail: isabelscampos@gmail.com

Current themes of research:

Psychology of Education. Emotion and Decision-Making.

Most relevant publications in the field of Psychology of Education:

Campos, I. S., Almeida, L. S., Ferreira, A. I., & Martinez, L. F. (2012). Working memory as separable subsystems: A study with Portuguese primary school children. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 15(2), forthcoming.

Leandro S. Almeida. Full Professor, Instituto de Educação, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal. E-mail: Leandro@ie.uminho.pt

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Learning and Cognition. Psychology of Education. Adjustment and Success in Higher Education.

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Caires, S., & Almeida, L. S. (2007). Positive aspects of the teacher training supervision: The student teachers' perspective. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 22(4), 515–528.

Campos, I. S., Almeida, L. S., Ferreira, A. I., & Martinez, L. F. (2012). Working memory as separable subsystems: A study with Portuguese primary school children. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 15(2), forthcoming.

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Aristides I. Ferreira. Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior, Business Research Unit, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Av. Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal. E-mail: Aristides.Ferreira@iscte.pt

Current themes of research:

Cognition. Psychological Assessment. Psychometrics. Organizational Behavior. Human Resource Management.

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Brito, L., Almeida, L. S., Ferreira, A. I., & Guisande, M. A. (2011). Contribución de los procesos y contenidos en la diferenciación cognitiva en la infancia: Un estudio con escolares Portugueses. Revista Infancia Y Aprendizage, 34(3), 323–336.

Campos, I. S., Almeida, L. S., Ferreira, A. I., & Martinez, L. F. (2012). Working memory as separable subsystems: A study with Portuguese primary school children. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 15(2), forthcoming.

Ferreira, A. I., Almeida, L., & Prieto, G. (2011). The role of processes and contents in human memory: An Item Response Theory approach. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 23(7), 873–885.

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Ferreira, A. I., & Martinez, L. F. (2012). Presenteeism and burnout among teachers in public and private Portuguese elementary schools. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, forthcoming.

Ferreira, A. I., Martinez, L. F., & Guisande, M. A. (2009). Risky behavior, personality traits and road accidents among university students. European Journal of Education and Psychology, 2(2), 79–98.

Luis F. Martinez. Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior, Business Research Unit, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Av. Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal. E-mail: Luis.Martinez@iscte.pt

Current themes of research:

Emotion and Decision-Making. Economic Psychology. Organizational Behavior. Human Resource Management.

Most relevant publications in the field of Psychology of Education:

Campos, I. S., Almeida, L. S., Ferreira, A. I., & Martinez, L. F. (2012). Working memory as separable subsystems: A study with Portuguese primary school children. The Spanish Journal of Psychology, 15(2), forthcoming.

Ferreira, A. I., & Martinez, L. F. (2012). Presenteeism and burnout among teachers in public and private Portuguese elementary schools. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, forthcoming.

Ferreira, A. I., Martinez, L. F., & Guisande, M. A. (2009). Risky behavior, personality traits and road accidents among university students. European Journal of Education and Psychology, 2(2), 79–98.

Martinez, L. M. F., Zeelenberg, M., & Rijsman, J. B. (2011). Behavioural consequences of regret and disappointment in social bargaining games. Cognition and Emotion, 25, 351–359.

Glória Ramalho. Associate Professor, ISPA – Instituto Universitário, Rua Jardim do Tabaco, 34, Lisbon 1149-041, Portugal; and Researcher at Gabinete de Avaliação Educacional do Ministério da Educação (GAVE). E-mail: gramalho@gave.pt

Current themes of research:

Psychology of Education.

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Costa, A., Martins, M. R. D., & Ramalho, G. (Eds.) (2000). Literacia e sociedade: Contribuições pluridisciplinares. Lisboa: Caminho.

Ramalho, G., Perrenoud, P., & Ferrer, A. T. (2003). Avaliação dos resultados escolares: Medidas para tornar o sistema mais eficaz. Lisboa: Edições ASA.

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Campos, I.S., Almeida, L.S., Ferreira, A.I. et al. Cognitive processes and math performance: a study with children at third grade of basic education. Eur J Psychol Educ 28, 421–436 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-012-0121-x

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