The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary school students’ mathematical reasoning skills: a mediation analysis
<p class="first" id="d619330e110">The present research aimed to reveal how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the mathematical reasoning of primary school students through mediation analysis. It was designed as <i>ex post facto</i...
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| description | <p class="first" id="d619330e110">The present research aimed to reveal how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the mathematical
reasoning of primary school students through mediation analysis. It was designed as
<i>ex post facto</i> research. The research sample consisted of two cohorts. Cohort 1 included 415 primary
school children who received face-to-face instruction by attending school for six
months until COVID-19 emerged. Cohort 2 included 964 children who were taught curricular
skills through distance education due to COVID-19 and school closures. In total, 1,379
primary school children were recruited into the research sample. Data were collected
through a mathematical reasoning test by sending items from the instrument via Google
Docs. The data were analysed with mediation analysis. Results demonstrated that the
school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic negatively influenced mathematical reasoning
skills. Findings are discussed in the light of human interaction and Cattell’s intelligence
theory.
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| spelling | doaj.art-1f09790b1b7143b1b1ed95d2ce37fcb22023-02-23T11:28:21ZengUCL PressLondon Review of Education1474-84601474-84792022-05-01201710.14324/LRE.20.1.19The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary school students’ mathematical reasoning skills: a mediation analysisKerem CoskunCihan Kara<p class="first" id="d619330e110">The present research aimed to reveal how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the mathematical reasoning of primary school students through mediation analysis. It was designed as <i>ex post facto</i> research. The research sample consisted of two cohorts. Cohort 1 included 415 primary school children who received face-to-face instruction by attending school for six months until COVID-19 emerged. Cohort 2 included 964 children who were taught curricular skills through distance education due to COVID-19 and school closures. In total, 1,379 primary school children were recruited into the research sample. Data were collected through a mathematical reasoning test by sending items from the instrument via Google Docs. The data were analysed with mediation analysis. Results demonstrated that the school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic negatively influenced mathematical reasoning skills. Findings are discussed in the light of human interaction and Cattell’s intelligence theory. </p>https://uclpress.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14324/LRE.20.1.19 |
| spellingShingle | Kerem Coskun Cihan Kara The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary school students’ mathematical reasoning skills: a mediation analysis London Review of Education |
| title | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary school students’ mathematical reasoning skills: a mediation analysis |
| title_full | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary school students’ mathematical reasoning skills: a mediation analysis |
| title_fullStr | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary school students’ mathematical reasoning skills: a mediation analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary school students’ mathematical reasoning skills: a mediation analysis |
| title_short | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary school students’ mathematical reasoning skills: a mediation analysis |
| title_sort | impact of the covid 19 pandemic on primary school students mathematical reasoning skills a mediation analysis |
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