How language skills and working memory capacities explain mathematical learning from preschool to primary school age: Insights from a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT: Between the age span of 3 to 6 years the foundation for children's mathematical learning (i.e., numerical abilities and cognition) are laid. However, the developing relations between mathematical skills, language, and working memory starting at preschool age and evolving into primary school age are not well understood. Adopting an empirically validated analysis model, the present study examines in detail longitudinal interdependencies between mathematical skills, a wide range of language skills, and working memory components underlying the mathematical learning process of 41 German preschool children (41.5% female) spanning ages 4 to 6. Phonological processing skills and expressive grammar skills emerged as the most significant language skills for the process of children's mathematical lea

SUBMITTER: Viesel-Nordmeyer N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9231707 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature