{"pk":28344,"title":"Kindergarten Predictors of Mathematics: Quantitative, Working Memory andLinguistic Skills","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Which cognitive skills predict childrens math ability? Three types of cognitive predictors were identified in the Pathwaysto Mathematics model (LeFevre et al., 2010; Sowinski et al., 2015): quantitative, working memory, and linguistic skills.In the current research, we evaluated the Pathways to Mathematics model concurrently, in Kindergarten (N = 159 children;87 girls; mean age = 5 years, 10 months), as the first testing point in a larger longitudinal study. Quantitative skills wereassessed using subitizing and both non-symbolic and symbolic number comparison. Working memory skills were assessedusing phonological and visuo-spatial span tasks. Linguistic skills were assessed using receptive vocabulary and phono-logical awareness tasks. Consistent with the model, all three factors (quantitative, working memory, and linguistic skills)accounted for significant unique variance in mathematics performance (betas of .21, .28 & .31, respectively, controllingfor age in months). Jointly the factors accounted for 41% of variance in mathematics performance.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Abstracts-Posters","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1c874026","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Marcie","middle_name":"","last_name":"Penner-Wilger","name_suffix":"","institution":"King’s University College","department":""},{"first_name":"Rylan","middle_name":"J.","last_name":"Waring","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Guelph","department":""},{"first_name":"Nicole","middle_name":"","last_name":"Collins","name_suffix":"","institution":"King’s University College","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2018-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/28344/galley/18059/download/"}]}