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ERIC Number: EJ939480
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0885-2014
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Age-Related Changes in Children's Executive Functions and Strategy Selection: A Study in Computational Estimation
Lemaire, Patrick; Lecacheur, Mireille
Cognitive Development, v26 n3 p282-294 Jul-Sep 2011
Third, fifth, and seventh graders selected the best strategy (rounding up or rounding down) for estimating answers to two-digit addition problems. Executive function measures were collected for each individual. Data showed that (a) children's skill at both strategy selection and execution improved with age and (b) increased efficiency in executive functions contributed significantly to age-related improvement in children's strategy selection skill. These findings have implications for understanding of age-related differences in computational estimation, strategy selection processes, and mechanisms of strategic development in children. (Contains 3 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 3; Grade 5; Grade 7
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Language: English
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