Author(s): McGowan AL; Ellison OK; Ham MS; Chandler MC; Pontifex MB;

Purpose: The purpose of the present investigation was to determine the extent to which individuals at the extremes of the aerobic fitness continuum differed in their utilization of arithmetic strategies. Method: Using a cross-sectional design, 37 higher aerobically fit and 37 lower aerobically fit participants completed a complex arithmetic task while ne ...

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Author(s): Lafay A; Adrien E; Lonardo Burr SD; Douglas H; Provost-Larocque K; Xu C; LeFevre JA; Maloney EA; Osana HP; Skwarchuk SL; Wylie J;

Transcoding is the process of translating between spoken and written numbers, and it is correlated with other mathematical skills. In the present study, we investigated the link between French number writing of 49 students in the third grade (aged 7-9 years) and their language skills. Transcoding ...

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Author(s): Lafay A; Osana HP; Levin JR;

We investigated the effect of conceptual transparency in the physical structure of manipulatives on place-value understanding in typically developing children and those at risk for mathematics learning disabilities. Second graders were randomly assigned to one of three manipulatives conditions: (a) attachable beads that did not make the denominations or o ...

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