%0 Journal Article 
%A Aragón Mendizábal, Estívaliz Lorena
%A Cerda, Gamal
%A Aguilar Villagrán, Manuel
%A Mera Cantillo, Carlos
%A Navarro Guzmán, Francisco José Ignacio
%T Modulation of general and specific cognitive precursors to early mathematical competencies in preschool children
%D 2021
%@ 0256-2928
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/30356
%X The main goal of this study was to analyze the contribution of predictors of both domaingeneral
(working memory, processing speed, and receptive vocabulary) and domainspecific
variable (estimation and magnitude comparison) processes to informal mathematical
performance (numbering, comparison, calculation, and understanding of concepts) in
preschoolers. In order to reach this, a structural equation modeling was used. A total of 158
preschool students (ages ranging from 52 to 64 months) participated in the investigation.
Students were assessed with informal tasks measuring mathematical thinking, numerical
estimation, symbolic and non-symbolic comparison making, coding, receptive vocabulary,
and backward digit span. Results showed that domain-general (specially working
memory) was the highest impact of the general-domain predictors on informal mathematical
competencies and a limited specific-domain factor effects for magnitude comparison.
The consequences for mathematics learning in initial school years are discussed.
%K Early mathematical achievement
%K General-domain precursors
%K Specific-domain precursors
%K Mathematical cognition
%K Structural equation model
%K preschool education
%~ Universidad de Cádiz