Prediction of arithmetic competence: role of cognitive abilities, socioeconomic variables and the perception of the teacher in Early Childhood Education
Talita de Cassia Batista Pazeto, N. Dias, C. Gomes, A. Seabra
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Abstract
The study investigated, in a longitudinal cohort, predictive models of arithmetic competence (AC) in the 1st year from language and executive functions assessed at preschool age. A total of 71 children were evaluated in oral language skills, preliminary writing abilities and executive functions. In the 1st year, the children were also evaluated in AC. Parents provided information on the socioeconomic level and teachers indicated children with difficulties. Language, oral (phonological awareness and vocabulary) and preliminary writing (knowledge of letters, reading and writing of words) abilities, together with indications of difficulty by the teacher in the ECE, were able to explain a mean of 62% of the variability in AC in the 1st year. The findings reveal predictive variables for the performance in arithmetic in the initial stage of Elementary Education, which can assist in early identification and the design of preventive intervention models.
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Estudos de Psicologia (Natal), is a biannual publication of the Graduate Program in Psychology of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. The journal publishes original papers, such as results of research in Psychology and related areas, theoretical and review articles, short communications, reports of scientific and professional events, reviews of outstanding books and, eventually, reprints of articles difficult to access and/or translations. The abbreviated title is Estud. psicol. (Natal), and it should be used in bibliographies, footnotes, references and bibliographic legends.