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Krajewski, Kristin; Schneider, Wolfgang – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2009
This longitudinal study explored the importance of kindergarten measures of phonological awareness, working memory, and quantity-number competencies (QNC) for predicting mathematical school achievement in third graders (mean age 8 years 8 months). It was found that the impact of phonological awareness and visual-spatial working memory, assessed at…
Descriptors: Phonology, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Phonological Awareness
Schneider, Wolfgang – 1990
The relation of domain knowledge to achievement, and changes in this relation that occur with age and type of memory task, are discussed. First, different mechanisms through which domain-specific knowledge relates to strategy use in memory tasks are summarized. Then, empirical evidence that indicates direct effects of the knowledge base on memory…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Structures