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| Title |
The relation between children’s constructive play activities, spatial ability, and mathematical word problem-solving performance: a mediation analysis in sixth-grade students
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, July 2014
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00782 |
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| Authors |
Meike Oostermeijer, Anton J H Boonen, Jelle Jolles |
| Abstract |
The scientific literature shows that constructive play activities are positively related to children's spatial ability. Likewise, a close positive relation is found between spatial ability and mathematical word problem-solving performances. The relation between children's constructive play and their performance on mathematical word problems is, however, not reported yet. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether spatial ability acted as a mediator in the relation between constructive play and mathematical word problem-solving performance in 128 sixth-grade elementary school children. This mediating role of spatial ability was tested by utilizing the current mediation approaches suggested by Preacher and Hayes (2008). Results showed that 38.16% of the variance in mathematical word problem-solving performance is explained by children's constructive play activities and spatial ability. More specifically, spatial ability acted as a partial mediator, explaining 31.58% of the relation between constructive play and mathematical word problem-solving performance. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 21 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 6 | 29% |
| United States | 2 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 10% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 5% |
| Ireland | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 8 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 16 | 76% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 14% |
| Scientists | 2 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 97 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| China | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 94 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 8% |
| Lecturer | 7 | 7% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 16 | 16% |
| Unknown | 33 | 34% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Psychology | 34 | 35% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 7% |
| Mathematics | 6 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 10 | 10% |
| Unknown | 35 | 36% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 September 2014.
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