Home activities and cognitive skills in relation to early literacy and numeracy: Testing a multifactorial model in preschoolers

Paola Bonifacci ^[1] ; Nicole Trambagioli ^[1] ; Luca Bernabini ^[1] ; Valentina Tobia ^[2]
1. [1] University of Bologna
  
  University of Bologna
  
  Bolonia, Italia
2. [2] University Vita-Salute San Raffaele
Localización: European Journal of Psychology of Education, ISSN-e 1878-5174, ISSN 0256-2928, Vol. 37, Nº 3, 2022, págs. 681-705
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- The aim of the present study was to test environmental and cognitive variables as possible cross-domain predictors of early literacy and numeracy skills. One hundred forty-eight preschool children (mean age = 64.36 months ± 3.33) were enrolled in the study. The battery included a home literacy and home numeracy questionnaire, measures and phonological and visuo-spatial working memory, tasks tapping response inhibition, and predictors of literacy (vocabulary, phonological awareness, letter knowledge) and numeracy (magnitude comparison, number knowledge) skills. The structural equation model indicated that verbal working memory and, to a lesser extent, inhibition represented cross-domain predictors, whereas home numeracy activities and visuo-spatial working memory explained additional variance only for early numeracy skills. Implications for parents and educators are discussed.