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Greenburg, Jordan E.; Carlson, Abby G.; Kim, Helyn; Curby, Timothy W.; Winsler, Adam – Early Education and Development, 2020
Early fine motor ability is significantly associated with later achievement, even after controlling for typical child-level predictors of school outcomes. Previous longitudinal studies have confirmed this but typically have not included low-income, at-risk populations. Research has distinguished two different aspects of fine motor skills: those…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Visual Perception, Psychomotor Skills, Mathematics Tests
Lin, Van-Kim; Madill, Rebecca – Administration for Children & Families, 2019
"Spatial analysis" is an analytic method that uses location-based variables or maps to understand how places, the characteristics of places, and the people and things in places are arranged in space, as well as the reasons for these arrangements. This resource focuses on how spatial analysis can be used to understand early care and…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Geographic Location
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Noel, Marie-Pascale – Developmental Psychology, 2009
In this study, the author aimed at measuring how much limited working memory capacity constrains early numerical development before any formal mathematics instruction. To that end, 4- and 5-year-old children were tested for their memory skills in the phonological loop (PL), visuo-spatial sketchpad (VSSP), and central executive (CE); they also…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Short Term Memory, Mathematics Skills, Mathematical Concepts
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Gropper, Rachel J.; Tannock, Rosemary – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2009
Objective: To investigate working memory (WM), academic achievement, and their relationship in university students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Method: Participants were university students with previously confirmed diagnoses of ADHD (n = 16) and normal control (NC) students (n = 30). Participants completed 3…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Short Term Memory