Cross- and Within-Domain Associations of Early Reading and Mathematical Skills: Changes Across the Preschool Years.

ABSTRACT: Existing research has mainly examined the role of cognitive correlates of early reading and mathematics from a stationary perspective that does not consider how these skills unfold and interact over time. This approach constraints the interpretation of cross-domain associations and the specificity of domain-specific covariates. In this study, we disentangle the role of these predictors and investigate cross-domain associations between reading, math, and two related domain-specific predictors (phonological awareness and fluency with number sets) over the kindergarten years (n=512, Mage=54months, SDage=3.5, 52% females). Results reveal that the overlap between reading and math skills changes over development. Reciprocal associations between reading and math abilities are observ

SUBMITTER: Kwok FY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8546213 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature