Pathways From Toddler Information Processing to Adolescent Lexical Proficiency
- Autores: Susan A. Rose, Judith F. Feldman, Jeffery J. Jankowski
- Localización: Child development, ISSN 0009-3920, Vol. 86, Nº. 6, 2015, págs. 1935-1947
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
This study examined the relation of 3-year core information-processing abilities to lexical growth and development. The core abilities covered four domains—memory, representational competence (cross-modal transfer), processing speed, and attention. Lexical proficiency was assessed at 3 and 13 years with the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) and verbal fluency. The sample (N = 128) consisted of 43 preterms (< 1750 g) and 85 full-terms. Structural equation modeling indicated concurrent relations of toddler information processing and language proficiency and, independent of stability in language, direct predictive links between (a) 3-year cross-modal ability and 13-year PPVT and (b) 3-year processing speed and both 13-year measures, PPVT and verbal fluency. Thus, toddler information processing was related to growth in lexical proficiency from 3 to 13 years.
