Contributions of Reading Comprehension Subskills to Arithmetic Word-Problem Solving among Chinese Primary School Students.

Learning to solve arithmetic word problems is an essential part of the primary school mathematics curriculum. The success of word-problem solving was previously found to relate to reading comprehension ability of children. However, the relationships between specific reading comprehension component s...

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Publicado en:Journal of Cognition & Development Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. 585 - 605
Autores principales: Ng, Wing-Si, Wong, Terry Tin-Yau, Fong, Cathy Yui-Chi
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2021
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          Ng, Wing-Si
          Wong, Terry Tin-Yau
          Fong, Cathy Yui-Chi
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          The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
          The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
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        School children
        Word problems (Mathematics)
        Reading comprehension
        Primary school curriculum
        Arithmetic
        Comprehension in children
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          School children
          Word problems (Mathematics)
          Reading comprehension
          Primary school curriculum
          Arithmetic
          Comprehension in children
      ab: Learning to solve arithmetic word problems is an essential part of the primary school mathematics curriculum. The success of word-problem solving was previously found to relate to reading comprehension ability of children. However, the relationships between specific reading comprehension component skills and word-problem solving remain largely unknown. The current study examined the role of four comprehension subskills – morphological, syntactic, inference making, and comprehension monitoring – in children's performance on word-problem solving. A total of 129 primary four, Chinese-speaking, children participated in this study. Participants were assessed with tasks of comprehension subskills and arithmetic word problems, as well as two control measures (word reading and nonverbal Intelligence). All four comprehension subskills were found to have unique and significant predictions on children's equation formation performance. Furthermore, we proposed a model which described the relationships between the comprehension subskills and arithmetic word problems. The appropriateness of the hypothesized relationships was confirmed by path and mediation analyses. The present study not only provides evidences on the specific comprehension subskills that contribute to word-problem solving, but also provides practical implications for mathematics educators, and research insights for future word-problem studies.
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