title: Predicting Reading, Spelling, and Mathematical Skills: A Longitudinal Study From Kindergarten Through First Grade.
abstract: This two-year longitudinal study contributes to the debate between the school readiness and emergent literacy approaches, individuating early markers for reading, spelling, and mathematical skills. Two hundred and two Italian children participated in this study (M age = 5.6years, SD = 0.3). In kindergarten, a wide range of children's domain-general and domain-specific skills were assessed through standardized tests. In primary school, children's reading, spelling, and mathematical competences were assessed through standardized tests. Results showed that domain-specific predictors contribute to the explanation of reading, spelling, and mathematical performances more than domain-general predictors do. Each primary school skill is mainly predicted by their respective domain-specific kindergarten skill, although some cross-domain relations exist, for example, phonological awareness contributing to both reading and mathematical performances.
authors.affiliation: Department of Education and Psychology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuliana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.affiliation: Department of Education and Psychology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bigozzi
authors.affiliation: Department of Education and Psychology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy christian.tarchi@unifi.it.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tarchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Education and Psychology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vezzani
authors.affiliation: Department of Education and Psychology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Beatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Accorti Gamannossi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D055641:Mathematical Concepts; D011932:Reading; D014956:Writing
keywords: emergent literacy; longitudinal study; mathematics; reading; writing