Mathematics Competence Level: The Contribution of Non-symbolic and Spatial Magnitude Comparison Skills

Frontiers in Psychology

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Marisol Cueli¹  Débora Areces¹  Ursina McCaskey²  David Álvarez-García¹  Paloma González-Castro¹ 

[1] Department of Psychology, University of Oviedo;Center for MR-Research, University Children’s Hospital Zurich;Children’s Research Center, University Children’s Hospital Zurich

关键词: comparison skills;    mathematics competence;    non-symbolic comparison;    preschool children;    spatial comparison;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00465

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Magnitude comparison skills have been related to mathematics competence, although results in this area vary. The current study aimed to describe the performance of 75 children (aged 4–5 years) in two comparison tasks; and examine the strength of the relationship between each of the two tasks and mathematics competence level (MCL). Participants were assessed with the Early Numeracy Test which provides a global MCL score. Magnitude comparison skills were assessed with two tasks: a non-symbolic number comparison task and a spatial comparison task. Results of the Pearson correlation analysis showed a relationship between the two tasks with better performance in the spatial comparison task. Regression analysis with the stepwise method showed that only the non-symbolic number comparison task had a significant value in the prediction of the MCL pointing to the need to take these kinds of tasks into account in the first years of school.

【 授权许可】

CC BY