ERIC Number: EJ1172408
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
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Developmental Relations among Motor and Cognitive Processes and Mathematics Skills
Kim, Helyn; Duran, Chelsea A. K.; Cameron, Claire E.; Grissmer, David
Child Development, v89 n2 p476-494 Mar-Apr 2018
This study explored transactional associations among visuomotor integration, attention, fine motor coordination, and mathematics skills in a diverse sample of one hundred thirty-five 5-year-olds (kindergarteners) and one hundred nineteen 6-year-olds (first graders) in the United States who were followed over the course of 2 school years. Associations were dynamic, with more reciprocal transactions occurring in kindergarten than in the later grades. Specifically, visuomotor integration and mathematics exhibited ongoing reciprocity in kindergarten and first grade, attention contributed to mathematics in kindergarten and first grade, mathematics contributed to attention across the kindergarten year only, and fine motor coordination contributed to mathematics indirectly, through visuomotor integration, across kindergarten and first grade. Implications of examining the hierarchical interrelations among processes underlying the development of children's mathematics skills are discussed.
Descriptors: Child Development, Visual Perception, Psychomotor Skills, Attention, Mathematics Skills, Young Children, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Longitudinal Studies, Correlation, Age Differences, Grade 2, Grade 3, Developmental Stages, Cognitive Processes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Kindergarten
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH); Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: REAL1252463; 5RC1HD0653402; R305B090002