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Differential language effects on numerical skills in second grade

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Krinzinger, Helga [RWTH Aachen University, Germany] Grégoire, Jacques [UCL] Desoete, Annemie [Ghent University, Belgium] Kaufmann, Liane [University of health sciences, Austria] Nuerk, Hans-Christoph [Institut of psychology, Tuebingen, Germany] Willmes, Klaus [RWTH Aachen University, Germany]

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.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2011
Language Anglais
Journal information "Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology" - Vol. 42, no.4, p. 614-629 (2011)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Sage Publications, Inc. ((United States) Thousand Oaks)
issn 0022-0221
e-issn 1552-5422
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/IPSY - Psychological Sciences Research Institute
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Bibliographic reference Krinzinger, Helga ; Grégoire, Jacques ; Desoete, Annemie ; Kaufmann, Liane ; Nuerk, Hans-Christoph ; et. al. Differential language effects on numerical skills in second grade. In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, Vol. 42, no.4, p. 614-629 (2011)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/143722