Identifier
etd-10272004-150409
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Psychology
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
The primary question to be addressed by the present study was whether fluency on component skills is important in the development of overall competency in mathematics. Reading fluency has served as an excellent predictor of one’s reading comprehension. However, few studies have investigated whether the fluency on component skills is essential in the development of overall competency in mathematics. In fact, there has been a push for instructional strategies to deemphasize the importance component skills. In the current study, 140 students in second- through fourth- grade classrooms from general education participated. Each student took three curriculum-based measurement probes (a single-skill mathematical computation probe, multiple-skill mathematical computation probes and maze reading passages), a mathematical reasoning probe, the Big Ideas probe and the Stanford Diagnostic Mathematics Test, Fourth Edition. Results of the six assessments were compared to determine if a fluency in component skills will adequately predict students’ mathematical comprehension. Results demonstrated that the fluent component skills are in fact highly related to students’ mathematics comprehension.
Date
2004
Document Availability at the Time of Submission
Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.
Recommended Citation
Komatsu, Chisato, "The importance of fluent component skills in mathematical comprehension" (2004). LSU Master's Theses. 728.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/728
Committee Chair
Joseph Witt
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_theses.728