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Developmental Relations among Motor and Cognitive Processes and Mathematics Skills
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Kim, Helyn; Duran, Chelsea A. K.; Cameron, Claire E.; Grissmer, David – Child Development, 2018
This study explored transactional associations among visuomotor integration, attention, fine motor coordination, and mathematics skills in a diverse sample of one hundred thirty-five 5-year-olds (kindergarteners) and one hundred nineteen 6-year-olds (first graders) in the United States who were followed over the course of 2 school years.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Visual Perception, Psychomotor Skills, Attention
Sensing the Coherence of Biology in Contrast to Psychology: Young Children's Use of Causal Relations to Distinguish Two Foundational Domains
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Erickson, Jane E.; Keil, Frank C.; Lockhart, Kristi L. – Child Development, 2010
To what extent do children understand that biological processes fall into 1 coherent domain unified by distinct causal principles? In Experiments 1 and 2 (N = 125) kindergartners are given triads of biological and psychological processes and asked to identify which 2 members of the triad belong together. Results show that 5-year-olds correctly…
Descriptors: Biology, Psychology, Kindergarten, Task Analysis
Longitudinal Associations between Executive Control and Developing Mathematical Competence in Preschool Boys and Girls
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Clark, Caron A. C.; Sheffield, Tiffany D.; Wiebe, Sandra A.; Espy, Kimberly A. – Child Development, 2013
Executive control (EC) is related to mathematics performance in middle childhood. However, little is known regarding how EC and informal numeracy differentially support mathematics skill acquisition in preschoolers. A sample of preschoolers (115 girls, 113 boys), stratified by social risk, completed an EC task battery at 3 years, informal numeracy…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Self Control, Mathematics Achievement, Numeracy
Fine Motor Skills and Executive Function Both Contribute to Kindergarten Achievement
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Cameron, Claire E.; Brock, Laura L.; Murrah, William M.; Bell, Lindsay H.; Worzalla, Samantha L.; Grissmer, David; Morrison, Frederick J. – Child Development, 2012
This study examined the contribution of executive function (EF) and multiple aspects of fine motor skills to achievement on 6 standardized assessments in a sample of middle-socioeconomic status kindergarteners. Three- and 4-year-olds' (n = 213) fine and gross motor skills were assessed in a home visit before kindergarten, EF was measured at fall…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, School Readiness, Kindergarten, Home Visits
Coherent Motion Sensitivity and Reading Development in the Transition from Prereading to Reading Stage
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Boets, Bart; Vandermosten, Maaike; Cornelissen, Piers; Wouters, Jan; Ghesquiere, Pol – Child Development, 2011
Evidence suggests that sensitivity to coherent motion (CM) is related to reading, but its role in the etiology of developmental dyslexia remains unclear. In this longitudinal study, CM sensitivity was measured in 31 children at family risk for dyslexia and 31 low-risk controls. Children, diagnosed with dyslexia in third grade (mean age = 8 years 3…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Dyslexia, Motion, Etiology
Pathways to Mathematics: Longitudinal Predictors of Performance
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LeFevre, Jo-Anne; Fast, Lisa; Skwarchuk, Sheri-Lynn; Smith-Chant, Brenda L.; Bisanz, Jeffrey; Kamawar, Deepthi; Penner-Wilger, Marcie – Child Development, 2010
A model of the relations among cognitive precursors, early numeracy skill, and mathematical outcomes was tested for 182 children from 4.5 to 7.5 years of age. The model integrates research from neuroimaging, clinical populations, and normal development in children and adults. It includes 3 precursor pathways: quantitative, linguistic, and spatial…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Cognitive Processes, Longitudinal Studies, Mathematics Achievement
A Developmental Trend in the Understanding of Concept Attribute Importance.
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Schwanenflugel, Paula J.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Examines kindergartners' and second graders' knowledge of concept attribute importance and the children's use of this knowledge to categorize. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes