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Published on: September 17, 2019
Orthographic knowledge mediates the link between environmental print attention and early reading ability
Ying Xiao1, Tianying Qing2, Huidong Xue2
1School of Preschool Education, Hangzhou Polytechnic, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Frontiers in Psychology
|August 7, 2026
Summary
Children
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Education
Background:
- Children encounter extensive environmental print (EP) from an early age.
- Attention to words in EP is linked to reading ability, but the relationship is not fully understood.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the mediating role of orthographic knowledge in the relationship between attention to environmental print and early reading ability.
Main Methods:
- Examined the association between children's attention to EP, orthographic knowledge, and reading ability.
- Analyzed the mediating effect of orthographic knowledge on the EP attention-reading ability link.
Main Results:
- Children's reading ability correlated with both EP attention and orthographic knowledge.
- EP attention was significantly correlated with orthographic knowledge.
- Orthographic knowledge mediated the association between EP attention and reading ability.
Conclusions:
- Orthographic knowledge plays a crucial mediating role in how attention to environmental print supports early reading development.
- Environmental print may contribute to reading skills through the development of orthographic knowledge.
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