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Geary, D. C., Hoard, M. K., & Nugent, L. (2023). Boys’ advantage in solving algebra word problems is mediated by spatial abilities and mathematics anxiety. Developmental Psychology, 59, 413–430. doi: 0.1037/dev0001450
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Lannin, J. K., Austin, C., & Geary, D. C. (2023). Developing meaning for mathematical expressions. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching, 116, 598-603. doi: 10.5951/MTLT.2022.0234
Ünal, Z. E., Ridgley, L. M., Li, Y., Graves, C., Khatib, L., Robertson, T., Myers, P., & Geary, D. C. (2023). The development and initial validation of a mathematics-specific spatial vocabulary measure. Frontiers in Education, 8, 118967. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2023.1189674
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Geary, D. C., Scofield, J. E., Hoard, M. K., & Nugent, L. (2021). Boys’ advantage on the fractions number line is mediated by visuospatial attention: Evidence for a parietal-spatial contribution to number line learning. Developmental Science, 24, e13063. doi: 10.1111/desc.13063
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Geary, D. C., Hoard, M. K., Nugent, L., & Scofield, J. E. (2021). In-class attention, spatial ability, and mathematics anxiety predict across-grade gains in adolescents’ mathematical achievement. Journal of Educational Psychology, 113, 764-769.
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Chu, F. W., vanMarle, K., Rouder, J., & Geary, D. C. (2018). Children's early understanding of number predicts their later problem-solving sophistication in addition. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 169, 73–92. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2017.12.010
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vanMarle, K., Chu, F. W., Mou, Y., Seok, J. H., Rouder, J., & Geary, D. C. (2018). Attaching meaning to the number words: Contributions of the object tracking and approximate number systems. Developmental Science, 21(1), 10.1111/desc.12495. doi: 10.1111/desc.12495
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Li, Y., & Geary, D. C. (2017). Children's visuospatial memory predicts mathematics achievement through early adolescence. PLoS ONE, 12(2): e0172046. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172046
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Bailey, D. H., Littlefield, A., & Geary, D. C. (2012). The co-development of skill at and preference for use of retrieval-based processes for solving addition problems: Individual and sex differences from first to sixth grade. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 113, 78-92.
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Hoard, M. K., Geary, D. C., Byrd-Craven, J., & Nugent, L. (2008). Mathematical cognition in intellectually precocious first graders. Developmental Neuropsychology, 33(3), 251–276. doi: 10.1080/87565640801982338
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Geary, D. C., Hoard, M. K., Byrd-Craven, J., & DeSoto, M. C. (2004). Strategy choices in simple and complex addition: Contributions of working memory and counting knowledge for children with mathematical disability. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 88(2), 121–151. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2004.03.002
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