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Article: The relation between spatial skills and mathematical abilities: The mediating role of mental number line representation
| Title | The relation between spatial skills and mathematical abilities: The mediating role of mental number line representation |
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| Authors | |
| Keywords | Students Visualization Visualization skills |
| Issue Date | 2019 |
| Publisher | Academic Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cedpsych |
| Citation | Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2019, v. 56, p. 14-24 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Spatial skills are positively related to mathematical abilities, yet the mechanism of such relation remains unclear. This study examined the mediating role of mental number line representation in the relations between spatial skills and performance in various mathematical tasks. One hundred and nine second-graders were tested on mental rotation, perspective taking, mental number line representation, visuospatial working memory, arithmetic fact retrieval, calculation and word problems. Using structural equation modelling with the bootstrap procedure, we found that after controlling for age, gender and visuospatial working memory, mental number line representation fully mediated the relation between spatial skills and calculation and the relation between spatial skills and word-problem solving. However, it was not a significant mediator between spatial skills and arithmetic fact retrieval. This study highlights the important role of mental number line representation in explaining the relation between spatial skills and mathematical abilities. |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/271197 |
| ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.9 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 3.863 |
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| dc.contributor.author | Tam, YP | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Wong, TTY | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Chan, WWL | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-24T01:05:15Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2019-06-24T01:05:15Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2019, v. 56, p. 14-24 | - |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0361-476X | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/271197 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Spatial skills are positively related to mathematical abilities, yet the mechanism of such relation remains unclear. This study examined the mediating role of mental number line representation in the relations between spatial skills and performance in various mathematical tasks. One hundred and nine second-graders were tested on mental rotation, perspective taking, mental number line representation, visuospatial working memory, arithmetic fact retrieval, calculation and word problems. Using structural equation modelling with the bootstrap procedure, we found that after controlling for age, gender and visuospatial working memory, mental number line representation fully mediated the relation between spatial skills and calculation and the relation between spatial skills and word-problem solving. However, it was not a significant mediator between spatial skills and arithmetic fact retrieval. This study highlights the important role of mental number line representation in explaining the relation between spatial skills and mathematical abilities. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | Academic Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cedpsych | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Contemporary Educational Psychology | - |
| dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
| dc.subject | Students | - |
| dc.subject | Visualization | - |
| dc.subject | Visualization skills | - |
| dc.title | The relation between spatial skills and mathematical abilities: The mediating role of mental number line representation | - |
| dc.type | Article | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Wong, TTY: terrytyw@hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Chan, WWL: wlwinnie@hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.authority | Wong, TTY=rp02453 | - |
| dc.identifier.authority | Chan, WWL=rp01969 | - |
| dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2018.10.007 | - |
| dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85056164123 | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 298120 | - |
| dc.identifier.volume | 56 | - |
| dc.identifier.spage | 14 | - |
| dc.identifier.epage | 24 | - |
| dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000462102300002 | - |
| dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
| dc.identifier.issnl | 0361-476X | - |