A 7-year longitudinal model of math and receptive vocabulary in primary school
Carolina Álvarez, Dénes Szücs · 2026
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Carolina Álvarez and Dénes Szücs followed Chilean children from age three to age eleven, in a study published in 2026. They asked what early traits lead to later skill in math and word knowledge. Finding such paths can guide support in the early years.
The study used data from 3,757 children and a model that traces indirect paths over time. Family background, the mother's skills, and the child's language at age three were linked to later outcomes through home learning materials and thinking skills at age five. The strongest path ran from early language to thinking skills at five, which then lifted both math and word knowledge at eleven. Good early language, the authors stress, pays off twice.
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| CREATOR | Carolina Álvarez, Dénes Szücs |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 51 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |