Bidirectional associations among executive functions, visual-spatial skills, and mathematical achievement in primary school students: Insights from a longitudinal study

2022 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
pp. 101149
Author(s):  
Tobias Kahl ◽  
Robin Segerer ◽  
Alexander Grob ◽  
Wenke Möhring
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Executive Functions ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Mathematical Achievement ◽  
Spatial Skills ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Visual Spatial ◽  
Bidirectional Associations

scholarly journals Examining the Relations between Dance and Mathematics among First Class Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-36
Author(s):  
Mónika Pálinkás-Molnár ◽  
László Bernáth
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Spatial Abilities ◽  
First Year ◽  
Spatial Skills ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mathematical Skills ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
The One

Dance and mathematics are seemingly very distant concepts at first glance. In the theoretical parts of our study we show how strongly mathematics and spatial abilities are interrelated, including the correlation between dance and spatial abilities as well. Consequently a hypothesis derives that dance develops spatial abilities, through which it develops mathematical skills at the same time. Our research focused on first year primary school students. During the one month course we applied creative children dance and tasks of movement from drama pedagogy. Children’s abilities were measured pre- and after the course classes with a test of both mathematical and spatial skills. According to this research, we could show some improvement in mathematical skills as a result of the development, but there is no significant improvement in spatial skills. We attempted to find out about the reasons of the results we found.

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