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Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences
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Interrelationships of Seven Mathematical Abilities across Languages

Luis Ortiz-Franco

Chapman College

This study investigated the reliability of seven tests of mathematical abilities and their interrelationships among Spanish-speaking and English-speaking pre-algebra Hispanic students. Mathematical abilities were assessed by tests of divergent thinking, general reasoning, field-dependence, mathematics achievement, reading of mathematicalprose, syllogistic reasoning, and mathematical word problem solving. The results of the study indicated that all of these tests are reliable measures for Spanish-speaking students but that only four were reliable for the English-speaking subjects. None of the intercorrelation coefficients reached significance for the English-speaking pupils, but three intercorrelation indices were significant at the .01 level for the Spanish-speaking students. The implications of these findings for educational policy and mathematics education research are discussed.

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 12, No. 3, 299-312 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/07399863900123005
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