The contribution of executive function and social understanding to preschoolers’ letter and math skills

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dc.contributor.authorMiller, Michael
dc.contributor.authorMüller, Ulrich
dc.contributor.authorGiesbrecht, Gerald
dc.contributor.authorCarpendale, Jeremy
dc.contributor.authorKerns, Kimberly
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-04T20:36:29Z
dc.date.available2016-01-04T20:36:29Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionAuthor's accepted manuscript deposited according to Elsevier sharing policies http://www.elsevier.com/about/company-information/policies/policy-faq November 18, 2015en_US
dc.description.abstractThe influence of executive function and social understanding on letter and math skills was examined in 129 3–5-year-olds. Tasks were administered to measure working memory, inhibition, social understanding, letter and math skills, and vocabulary. Using latent variable analyses, multiple models were compared in order to examine the influence of executive function and social understanding on participants’ emerging academic skills. In the best-fitting model, working memory contributed to letter and math skills, over and above inhibition, social understanding, age, and vocabulary. Inhibition and social understanding did not uniquely contribute to letter and math skills, but significant relations were found among working memory, inhibition, and social understanding. Findings are discussed with respect to improving ways to examine the complex relations among preschoolers’ executive function, social understanding, and school readiness skills.en_US
dc.description.refereedYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationMiller, M., Mueller, U., Giesbrecht, G.F., Carpendale, J.I.M., Kerns, K.A. (2013). The contribution of executive function and social understanding to preschoolers' letter and math skills. Cognitive Development, 28, 331-349.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.cogdev.2012.10.005
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/33668
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/51042
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCognitive Developmenten_US
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgary
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychology and Human Developmenten_US
dc.publisher.institutionVanderbilt Universityen_US
dc.publisher.urlhttp://www.journals.elsevier.com/cognitive-development/en_US
dc.rightsAttribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectExecutive functionen_US
dc.subjectSocial understandingen_US
dc.subjectAcademic school readinessen_US
dc.subjectPreschool childrenen_US
dc.subjectStructural equation modellingen_US
dc.subjectLatent variable analysisen_US
dc.titleThe contribution of executive function and social understanding to preschoolers’ letter and math skillsen_US
dc.typejournal article
thesis.degree.disciplinePaediatrics
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