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标题：Mathematics Competence Level: The Contribution of Non-symbolic and Spatial Magnitude Comparison Skills
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作者：Cueli, Marisol ; Areces, Débora ; McCaskey, Ursina 等
期刊名称：Frontiers in Psychology
电子版ISSN：1664-1078
出版年度：2019
卷号：10
页码：1-9
DOI：10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00465
出版社：Frontiers Media
摘要：Magnitude comparison skills have been related to mathematics competence, although results in this area vary. The current study aimed to describe the performance of 75 children (aged 4 to 5 years) in two comparison tasks; and examine the strength of the relationship between each of the two tasks and mathematics competence level (MCL). Participants were assessed with the Early Numeracy Test which provides a global MCL score. Magnitude comparison skills were assessed with two tasks: a non-symbolic number comparison task and a spatial comparison task. Results of the Pearson correlation analysis showed a relationship between the two tasks with better performance in the spatial comparison task. Regression analysis with the stepwise method showed that only the non-symbolic number comparison task had a significant value in the prediction of the MCL pointing to the need to take these kinds of tasks into account in the first years of school.
关键词：Comparison skills; Mathematics Competence; non-symbolic comparison; Preschool children; Spatial comparison