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A Comparison of Different Methods for Measuring Individual Change in Kindergarten Children Open
Measuring progress in students is an important consideration when making decisions in education, clinical practice, and research. However, change due to learning over time at the group level cannot be applied to interpret individual change…
The importance of numerical symbols for the development of mathematical skills Open
How do young children develop numerical and mathematical skills? In this paper, I review what we have learnt over the past few decades about the foundational skills that underpin children’s numerical and mathematical development. I discuss…
BOARDING SCHOOL EDUCATION: CONTROVERSY IN BRITAIN AND SITUATION IN PAKISTAN Open
Britain has a time-honoured tradition of boarding school education. Some reputed schools have included Eton and Harrow whose students went on to become Prime Ministers, famous generals, and other men of public affairs. The tradition expand…
Early cognitive predictors of language, literacy, and mathematics outcomes in the primary grades Open
Recently, cross-domain research has shown that some early predictors of language, reading, and mathematics overlap and predict one another. This study investigated how early cognitive predictors across domains could predict future academic…
Patterns of the left thalamus embedding into the connectome associated with reading skills in children with reading disabilities Open
We examined how thalamocortical connectivity structure reflects children’s reading performance. Diffusion-weighted MRI at 3 T and a series of reading measures were collected from 64 children (33 girls) ages 8–14 years with and without dysl…
View article: Developmental dyscalculia is not associated with atypical brain activation: A univariate <scp>fMRI</scp> study of arithmetic, magnitude processing, and visuospatial working memory
Developmental dyscalculia is not associated with atypical brain activation: A univariate <span>fMRI</span> study of arithmetic, magnitude processing, and visuospatial working memory Open
Functional neuroimaging serves as a tool to better understand the cerebral correlates of atypical behaviors, such as learning difficulties. While significant advances have been made in characterizing the neural correlates of reading diffic…
Neurocognitive mechanisms of co‐occurring math difficulties in dyslexia: Differences in executive function and visuospatial processing Open
Children with dyslexia frequently also struggle with math. However, studies of reading disability (RD) rarely assess math skill, and the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying co‐occurring reading and math disability (RD+MD) are not clear. T…
Number symbols are processed more automatically than nonsymbolic numerical magnitudes: Findings from a Symbolic-Nonsymbolic Stroop task Open
Are number symbols (e.g., 3) and numerically equivalent quantities (e.g., •••) processed similarly or distinctly? If symbols and quantities are processed similarly then processing one format should activate the processing of the other. To …
Number symbols are processed more automatically than nonsymbolic numerical magnitudes: Findings from a Symbolic-Nonsymbolic Stroop task Open
Are number symbols (e.g., 3) and numerically equivalent quantities (e.g., •••) processed similarly or distinctly? If symbols and quantities are processed similarly then processing one format should activate the processing of the other. To …
View article: Task features change the relation between math anxiety and number line estimation performance with rational numbers: Two large-scale online studies.
Task features change the relation between math anxiety and number line estimation performance with rational numbers: Two large-scale online studies. Open
Math performance is negatively related to math anxiety (MA), though MA may impact certain math skills more than others. We investigated whether the relation between MA and math performance is affected by task features, such as number type …
Effects of school-level and area-level socio-economic factors on elementary school student COVID-19 infections: a population-based observational study Open
Objectives To estimate the variability of the cumulative incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections among elementary school students attributable to individual schools and/or their geographic areas, and to ascertain whether socio-economic characte…
Early cognitive predictors of language, reading, and mathematics outcomes in the primary grades Open
Early predictors of language, reading, and mathematics are typically examined independently of each other. This study investigated how early cognitive predictors across domains could predict future academic skills across domains using data…
Neurocognitive risk factors for co-occurring math difficulties in dyslexia: Differences in executive function and visuospatial processing Open
What makes math difficulties so common in children with dyslexia? The current study aimed to identify behavioral and neurocognitive factors associated with co-occurring reading disability (RD) and math disability (MD). We tested reading, m…
The neural correlates of retrieval and procedural strategies in mental arithmetic: A functional neuroimaging meta‐analysis Open
Mental arithmetic is a complex skill of great importance for later academic and life success. Many neuroimaging studies and several meta‐analyses have aimed to identify the neural correlates of mental arithmetic. Previous meta‐analyses of …
View article: Task features change the relation between math anxiety and number line estimation performance with rational numbers: Two large-scale online studies
Task features change the relation between math anxiety and number line estimation performance with rational numbers: Two large-scale online studies Open
Math performance is negatively related to math anxiety (MA), though MA may impact certain math skills more than others. We investigated whether the relation between MA and math performance is affected by task features, such as number type …
Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Perspectives of Elementary School Teachers in the United States and Canada Open
In June 2021, we surveyed 911 Elementary-School teachers (N = 911) from the US and Canada, and asked about the effect of the pandemic on learning and education practice. More than 50% of participants report being less effective during remo…
View article: Situational factors shape moral judgements in the trolley dilemma in Eastern, Southern and Western countries in a culturally diverse sample
Situational factors shape moral judgements in the trolley dilemma in Eastern, Southern and Western countries in a culturally diverse sample Open
ABSTRACT: The study of moral judgements is often centered on moral dilemmas in which options consistent with deontological perspectives (i.e., emphasizing rules, individual rights and duties) are in conflict with options consistent with ut…
View article: Numeracy and COVID-19: examining interrelationships between numeracy, health numeracy and behaviour
Numeracy and COVID-19: examining interrelationships between numeracy, health numeracy and behaviour Open
During the COVID-19 pandemic, people across the globe have been exposed to large amounts of statistical data. Previous studies have shown that individuals' mathematical understanding of health-related information affects their attitudes an…
Disentangling the individual and contextual effects of math anxiety: A global perspective Open
Significance Using three large-scale international assessments of student achievement, the current study examined the antecedents of math anxiety and the relation between math anxiety and math achievement across the globe. Results suggest …
Effects of socio-economic factors on elementary school student COVID-19 infections in Ontario, Canada Open
Background The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Ontario is disproportionately concentrated in areas with lower-income and racialized groups. We examined whether school-level and area-level socio-economic factors were associated with …
From Counting to Retrieving: Neural Networks Underlying Alphabet Arithmetic Learning Open
This fMRI study aimed at unraveling the neural basis of learning alphabet arithmetic facts, as a proxy of the transition from slow and effortful procedural counting-based processing to fast and effortless processing as it occurs in learnin…
Mother-child similarity in brain morphology: A comparison of structural characteristics of the brain’s reading network Open
Background: Substantial evidence acknowledges the complex gene-environment interplay impacting brain development and learning. Intergenerational neuroimaging allows the assessment of familial transfer effects on brain structure, function a…
Shared Neural Circuits for Visuospatial Working Memory and Arithmetic in Children and Adults Open
Visuospatial working memory (VSWM) plays an important role in arithmetic problem solving, and the relationship between these two skills is thought to change over development. Even though neuroimaging studies have demonstrated that VSWM and…