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Afnan Khoury-Metanis; Asaid Khateb – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024
Fine motor skills (FMS) are among the most studied nonlinguistic factors influencing early literacy acquisition. Although developmental studies have often supported the presence of a relationship between FMS and emergent literacy, the underlying mechanisms have not always been adequately explored. In this study, we used structural equation…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Spelling
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Georgiou, George K.; Wei, Wei; Inoue, Tomohiro; Das, J. P.; Deng, Ciping – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine which of the components of executive functions (EF)--inhibition, shifting, and working memory--predict reading and mathematics achievement and if the effects of these components are the same across two cultures (Western and East Asian). One hundred twenty English-speaking Canadian (65 females, 55 males;…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Executive Function, Academic Achievement, Inhibition