Relative Contributions of g and Basic Domain-Specific Mathematics Skills to Complex Mathematics Competencies.

ABSTRACT: Meta-analytic structural equation modeling was used to estimate the relative contributions of general cognitive ability or g (defined by executive functions, short-term memory, and intelligence) and basic domain-specific mathematical abilities to performance in more complex mathematics domains. The domain-specific abilities included mathematics fluency (e.g., speed of retrieving basic facts), computational skills (i.e., accuracy at solving multi-step arithmetic, algebra, or geometry problems), and word problems (i.e., mathematics problems presented in narrative form). The core analysis included 448 independent samples and 431,344 participants and revealed that g predicted performance in all three mathematics domains. Mathematics fluency contributed to the prediction of comput

SUBMITTER: Unal ZE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10695353 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature