Early language and executive skills predict variations in number and arithmetic skills in children at family-risk of dyslexia and typically developing controls

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作者
Moll, Kristina [1 ]
Snowling, Margaret J. [2 ]
Goebel, Silke M. [3 ]
Hulme, Charles [4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Munich, Dept Child & Adolescent Psychiat Psychosomat & Ps, D-80336 Munich, Germany
[2] St Johns Coll Oxford, Dept Expt Psychol, Oxford, England
[3] Univ York, Dept Psychol, York YO10 5DD, N Yorkshire, England
[4] UCL, Div Psychol & Language Sci, London WC1E 6BT, England
基金
英国惠康基金;
关键词
Arithmetic development; Verbal number skills; Phonological awareness; Language; Executive functions; PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; WORKING-MEMORY; MATHEMATICAL ACHIEVEMENT; LONGITUDINAL PREDICTORS; PRESCHOOL-CHILDREN; ABILITIES; MATH; KINDERGARTEN; INTELLIGENCE;
D O I
10.1016/j.learninstruc.2015.03.004
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
Two important foundations for learning are language and executive skills. Data from a longitudinal study tracking the development of 93 children at family-risk of dyslexia and 76 controls was used to investigate the influence of these skills on the development of arithmetic. A two-group longitudinal path model assessed the relationships between language and executive skills at 3-4 years, verbal number skills (counting and number knowledge) and phonological processing skills at 4-5 years, and written arithmetic in primary school. The same cognitive processes accounted for variability in arithmetic skills in both groups. Early language and executive skills predicted variations in preschool verbal number skills, which in turn, predicted arithmetic skills in school. In contrast, phonological awareness was not a predictor of later arithmetic skills. These results suggest that verbal and executive processes provide the foundation for verbal number skills, which in turn influence the development of formal arithmetic skills. Problems in early language development may explain the comorbidity between reading and mathematics disorder. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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