Arithmetic after School: How Do Adults' Mental Arithmetic Abilities Evolve with Age?

Autor/inn/en	Charron, Camilo; Fischer, Jean-Paul; Meljac, Claire
Titel	Arithmetic after School: How Do Adults' Mental Arithmetic Abilities Evolve with Age?
Quelle	In: Research in the Schools, 15 (2008) 1, S.9-26 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1085-5300
Schlagwörter	Mental Computation; Grade 1; Arithmetic; Aging (Individuals); Problem Solving; Adults; Surveys; Foreign Countries; Educational Attainment; Scores; Schemata (Cognition); Mathematics Instruction; Age Differences; France + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kopfrechnen; School year 01; 1. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 01; Addition; Arithmetik; Arithmetikunterricht; Rechnen; Aging; Altern; Problemlösen; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Ausland; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Cognition; Schema; Kognition; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Frankreich
Abstract	To date, few studies have investigated the evolution of problem solving and general numeracy abilities during adulthood: skills that have obvious social importance. In this research, evolutions in adults' mental arithmetic skills were investigated using data from the IVQ 2004 French national survey, which tested 9,185 adults aged between 18 and 65. Whereas some of our results confirm previous work, others are more surprising. For example, participants with higher levels of education achieved higher scores than did participants with lower levels of education, and this was true at all ages; however, improvements with age in performance only were found for participants with low levels of education (first grade or lower). For higher levels of education, performances were stable. Our results suggest that lifespan mental arithmetic, a domain not affected by the Flynn effect, relies mainly on pragmatic cognition, and develops as a result of everyday activities, as well as through initial instruction. (Contains 2 tables and 7 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Mid-South Educational Research Association (MSERA). Web site: http://www.msera.org/rits.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10