Children's confidence on mathematical equivalence and fraction problems.

ABSTRACT: Metacognition is how people think about their own thinking, and it includes children's confidence in their problem-solving solutions. We assessed children's metacognition in two areas of mathematics that are often plagued by misconceptions and often studied separately-mathematical equivalence (e.g., 3 + 4 = 5 +__) and fraction magnitude (e.g., 1/3 = 2/__). Specifically, we quantified children's metacognitive skills across these topics, examined whether these skills are topic-specific, and determined how these skills covary with domain-general executive functioning. A total of 80 elementary school children (M_age = 7.70 years, SD = 0.69) provided trial-by-trial performance data and confidence judgments on equivalence and fraction problems as well as assessments of executive functi

SUBMITTER: Grenell A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11325391 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature