The study investigates the relationship between memory updating and arithmetic word
problem solving. Two groups of 35 fourth graders with high and low memory-updating …

This study examines the updating ability of poor or good problem solvers. Seventy-eight
fourth-graders, 43 good and 35 poor arithmetic word problem-solvers, performed the …

It has been argued that children with learning disabilities (LD) encounter severe problems in
working memory (WM) tasks, especially when they need to update information stored in their …

The objective of this study was to determine the contribution of retrieval and substitution
components of working memory updating to reading comprehension. Difficulties in reading …

Children with higher working memory or updating (WMU) capacity perform better in math.
What is less clear is whether and how this relation varies with grade. Children (N= 673 …

The aim of this study was to investigate possible age-related changes throughout childhood
and adolescence in different component processes of working memory updating (WMU) …

Children's performance in arithmetic word problems (AWPs) predicts their academic success
and their future employment and earnings in adulthood. Understanding the nature and …

The relations between short-term memory, working memory, inhibitory control, and
arithmetic word problem solution were studied in children who were poor in arithmetic …

Abstract 16 young, 16 middle-aged, and 16 older adults practiced an algorithm for squaring
2-digit numbers for 6 sessions. Errors were classified as failures of working-memory …

The study explored the contribution of working memory to mathematical word problem
solving in children. A total of 69 children in grades 2, 3 and 4 were given measures of …