Bringing brain imaging to the school to assess arithmetic problem solving: chances and limitations in combining educational and neuroscientific research.

Autor/inn/en	Obersteiner, Andreas; Dresler, Thomas; Reiss, Kristina; Vogel, A. Carina M.; Pekrun, Reinhard; Fallgatter, Andreas J.
Titel	Bringing brain imaging to the school to assess arithmetic problem solving: chances and limitations in combining educational and neuroscientific research.
Quelle	In: ZDM : mathematics education, 42 (2010) 6, S. 541-554 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	Forschungsdaten, Studiendetails und Erhebungsinstrumente
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1863-9690; 1863-9704
DOI	10.1007/s11858-010-0256-7
Schlagwörter	Kompetenz; Empirische Untersuchung; Kognitive Entwicklung; Neurowissenschaften; Addition; Arithmetik; Arithmetikunterricht; Mathematikunterricht; Rechnen
Abstract	Scientific collaboration between neuroscience and mathematics education has mostly focused on brain imaging trying to inform education. This study aims at meeting expectations of both research fields, thus enhancing the ecological validity. We investigated the influence of age, mathematical competency, and task characteristics (format, complexity) on students' arithmetic performance. Based on behavioral data from a pilot study (n = 73), arithmetic tasks were chosen for a subsequent investigation (n = 90), in which parietal brain activation was measured with near-infrared spectroscopy. Substantial group differences in calculation time were observed. While task characteristics influenced arithmetic performance in both age groups, this influence was much smaller for grade 8 students. However, parietal brain activation during calculation was not affected by age, mathematical competency, or task characteristics. Limitations of the experimental design and general problems of applying imaging methods to the school context are discussed.
Erfasst von	FIZ Karlsruhe - Leibniz-Institut für Informationsinfrastruktur
Update	2011/2