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Home activities and cognitive skills in relation to early literacy and numeracy: testing a multifactorial model in preschoolers
Authors:Bonifacci  Paola  Trambagioli  Nicole  Bernabini  Luca  Tobia  Valentina
Institution:1.Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat n.5, 40127, Bologna, Italy
;2.Faculty of Psychology, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
;3.Child in Mind Lab, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milan, Italy
;
Abstract:

The aim of the present study was to test environmental and cognitive variables as possible cross-domain predictors of early literacy and numeracy skills. One hundred forty-eight preschool children (mean age = 64.36 months ± 3.33) were enrolled in the study. The battery included a home literacy and home numeracy questionnaire, measures and phonological and visuo-spatial working memory, tasks tapping response inhibition, and predictors of literacy (vocabulary, phonological awareness, letter knowledge) and numeracy (magnitude comparison, number knowledge) skills. The structural equation model indicated that verbal working memory and, to a lesser extent, inhibition represented cross-domain predictors, whereas home numeracy activities and visuo-spatial working memory explained additional variance only for early numeracy skills. Implications for parents and educators are discussed.

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