The development of number line accuracy in elementary school children
A cross‐country longitudinal study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9614759 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tatiana Tikhomirova (0000-0002-6748-763X, Department of Psychology Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow Russia, corresponding author), Artem Malykh (0000-0003-4109-9935, Psychological Institute of Russian Academy of Education Moscow Russia), Irina Lysenkova (0000-0002-2535-3406, Department of Psychology Kyrgyz‐Russian Slavic University Bishkek Kyrgyzstan), Yulia Kuzmina (0000-0002-4243-8313, Psychological Institute of Russian Academy of Education Moscow Russia), Sergey Malykh (0000-0002-3786-7447, Department of Psychology Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow Russia) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 423-436 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Educational Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0998 • E-ISSN: 2044-8279 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/bjep.12566 |
| PMID | 36397654 |
| OpenAlex | W4309361805 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 21 |
BACKGROUND: Number line accuracy (NL accuracy) shows improvement over the course of a school education. However, there are practically no cross-country longitudinal studies of NL accuracy over the whole course of elementary school. AIMS: This study investigated the developmental trajectories of NL accuracy and its types across the elementary school years in two countries-Russia and Kyrgyzstan. SAMPLE(S): The analyses were carried out on the data collected from the sample of 508 schoolchildren at Grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 (aged 6.4-11.9 years) from Russia and Kyrgyzstan, who were surveyed as part of the 'Cross-cultural Longitudinal Analysis of Student Success' project. METHODS: The participants were administered the 'Number Line' computerized test task and a paper-and-pencil 'Standard Progressive Matrices' test at the end of each academic year. RESULTS: During the course of the elementary school education, NL accuracy increases nonlinearly in both samples from Grade 1 to Grade 4, with a pronounced increase in the rate of improvement from the first to the second year. Cross-country differences in NL accuracy were observed during each year of schooling as well as in the growth of NL accuracy. The development of NL accuracy is described by a model with two developmental types: (1) 'high start and growth' (93% of the pooled sample) and (2) 'low start and no growth' (7%). CONCLUSIONS: Both NL accuracy and the rate of its growth during elementary school depend on educational conditions. Cross-country differences in the distribution of schoolchildren by these two developmental types were statistically insignificant
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |