Differential language effects on numerical skills in second grade
(2011) JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY. 42(4). p.614-629- abstract
- Little is known about the causes of cross-cultural specifics of numerical development. The authors examined effects of inversion (a linguistic effect) on three different numerical tasks in 220 second graders from France, Wallonia, Flanders, Germany, and Austria tested for the standardization of the dyscalculia test TEDI-MATH. Results revealed that performance differences between countries are only partly attributable to language effects, but group differences in recognition of unit- and decade-digits and subtraction are more likely due to curricular effects. As expected, language effects due to the inversion principle could be observed in writing Arabic numbers to dictation affecting performance both specifically as well as in a generalized way being present in different error types. These results clearly show that numerical skills do not develop in a unitary fashion and that cross-cultural differences can be due to several factors.
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- author
- Helga Krinzinger, Jacques Gregoire, Annemie Desoete UGent, Liane Kaufmann, Hans-Christoph Nuerk and Klaus Willmes
- organization
- year
- 2011
- type
- journalArticle (original)
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keyword
- math curricula, inversion, modularity of mathematical development, numerical skills in children, NUMBER, CHILDREN
- journal title
- JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY
- J. Cross-Cult. Psychol.
- volume
- 42
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 614 - 629
- Web of Science type
- Article
- Web of Science id
- 000290711100007
- JCR category
- PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
- JCR impact factor
- 1.418 (2011)
- JCR rank
- 24/59 (2011)
- JCR quartile
- 2 (2011)
- ISSN
- 0022-0221
- DOI
- 10.1177/0022022111406252
- language
- English
- UGent publication?
- yes
- classification
- A1
- copyright statement
- I have transferred the copyright for this publication to the publisher
- id
- 1929381
- handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-1929381
- date created
- 2011-10-13 14:28:50
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- Chicago
- Krinzinger, Helga, Jacques Gregoire, Annemie Desoete, Liane Kaufmann, Hans-Christoph Nuerk, and Klaus Willmes. 2011. “Differential Language Effects on Numerical Skills in Second Grade.” Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology 42 (4): 614–629.
- APA
- Krinzinger, H., Gregoire, J., Desoete, A., Kaufmann, L., Nuerk, H.-C., & Willmes, K. (2011). Differential language effects on numerical skills in second grade. JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY, 42(4), 614–629.
- Vancouver
- 1.Krinzinger H, Gregoire J, Desoete A, Kaufmann L, Nuerk H-C, Willmes K. Differential language effects on numerical skills in second grade. JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2011;42(4):614–29.
- MLA
- Krinzinger, Helga, Jacques Gregoire, Annemie Desoete, et al. “Differential Language Effects on Numerical Skills in Second Grade.” JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY 42.4 (2011): 614–629. Print.