ERIC Number: EJ916945
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Jun
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Visual Spatial Skill: A Consequence of Learning to Read?
McBride-Chang, Catherine; Zhou, Yanling; Cho, Jeung-Ryeul; Aram, Dorit; Levin, Iris; Tolchinsky, Liliana
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v109 n2 p256-262 Jun 2011
Does learning to read influence one's visual skill? In Study 1, kindergartners from Hong Kong, Korea, Israel, and Spain were tested on word reading and a task of visual spatial skill. Chinese and Korean kindergartners significantly outperformed Israeli and Spanish readers on the visual task. Moreover, in all cultures except Korea, good readers scored significantly higher on the visual task than did less good readers. In Study 2, we followed 215 Hong Kong Chinese kindergartners across 1 year, with word reading and visual skills tested twice. In this study, word reading at Time 1 by itself predicted 13% of unique variance in visual skill at Time 2. Together, these results underscore the potential importance of the process of learning to read for shaping one's visual spatial skill development. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Foreign Countries, Spatial Ability, Skill Development, Task Analysis, Visual Stimuli, Reading Ability, Scoring, Kindergarten, Young Children, Time Factors (Learning), Predictor Variables, Experimental Psychology, Child Psychology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Kindergarten
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong; Israel; South Korea; Spain
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