Kindergarten visual processing uniquely predicts grade-one early mathematics after controlling for prior mathematics and general cognitive abilities¶

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q3 i? Visual processing at senior kindergarten significantly explained 7% of additional variance in grade-one mathematics beyond initial mathematics, nonverbal IQ, sustained attention, inhibitory control, age, and gender. → Yang X and Meng X 2020

Evidence¶

Yang X and Meng X 2020¶

Yang X and Meng X (2020) Visual Processing Matters in Chinese Reading Acquisition and Early Mathematics. Front. Psychol. 11:462. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00462

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Univariate hierarchical regression in the same longitudinal sample predicting grade-one mathematics (calculation and word problems factor score). The article reports visual processing "still significantly explained 7% of the variance in mathematics" (β = −0.30, t = −2.54, p < .05, Table 3); no standardized effect size is printed, so impact is null.

"after initial mathematics at senior kindergarten was further controlled, visual processing still significantly explained 7% of the variance in mathematics."

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