Common and distinct predictors of non-symbolic and symbolic ordinal number processing across the early primary school years.

ABSTRACT: What are the cognitive mechanisms supporting non-symbolic and symbolic order processing? Preliminary evidence suggests that non-symbolic and symbolic order processing are partly distinct constructs. The precise mechanisms supporting these skills, however, are still unclear. Moreover, predictive patterns may undergo dynamic developmental changes during the first years of formal schooling. This study investigates the contribution of theoretically relevant constructs (non-symbolic and symbolic magnitude comparison, counting and storage and manipulation components of verbal and visuo-spatial working memory) to performance and developmental change in non-symbolic and symbolic numerical order processing. We followed 157 children longitudinally from Grade 1 to 3. In the order judgement tasks, chi

SUBMITTER: Finke S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8530342 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature