The relevance of basic numerical skills for fraction processing: Evidence from cross-sectional data.

ABSTRACT: Recent research indicated that fraction understanding is an important predictor of later mathematical achievement. In the current study we investigated associations between basic numerical skills and students' fraction processing. We analyzed data of 939 German secondary school students (age range = 11.92 to 18.00 years) and evaluated the determinants of fraction processing considering basic numerical skills as predictors (i.e., number line estimation, basic arithmetic operations, non-symbolic magnitude comparison, etc.). Additionally, we controlled for general cognitive ability, grade level, and sex. We found that multiplication, subtraction, conceptual knowledge, number line estimation, and basic geometry were significantly associated with fraction processing beyond significant associati

SUBMITTER: Wortha SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9888716 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature