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Bidirectional relationships between phonological processing and basic number knowledge in kindergarten children: a

Xin Chen¹, Chi Ma², Zihan Yang²

¹School of Child Development and Education, China Women 's University, Beijing, 100101, China.

|January 17, 2025

Summary

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Early phonological awareness and number comparison skills in young children show a bidirectional relationship. Basic number knowledge can predict later phonological processing development in kindergarteners.

Keywords:

Kindergarteners Longitudinal study Number knowledge Phonological awareness Phonological memory Rapid automatized naming

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Area of Science:

Developmental Psychology
Cognitive Science
Educational Psychology

Background:

The relationship between phonological processing and number knowledge in early childhood is debated.
Understanding the directionality of this influence is crucial for early intervention and education.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the developmental directionality of the relationship between phonological processing and basic number knowledge in kindergarten children.
To examine the predictive power of phonological awareness, phonological memory, and rapid automatized naming on number identification and comparison, and vice versa.

Main Methods:

Longitudinal study tracking 82 Chinese kindergarten children from age 5 to 6.
Assessed phonological processing (awareness, memory, naming) and number knowledge (identification, comparison) at two time points.
Employed cross-lagged panel analyses to determine predictive relationships.

Main Results:

Phonological awareness and number comparison demonstrated a bidirectional association.
Early phonological awareness predicted later number identification.
Early number comparison predicted later phonological memory.
Rapid automatized naming did not show significant predictive relations with other variables.

Conclusions:

The findings provide novel evidence for a bidirectional link between phonological awareness and number comparison in early development.
Basic number knowledge appears to predict later phonological processing skills in young children, challenging previous assumptions.
These insights have implications for designing targeted educational strategies to support both cognitive domains.