TITLE:
Patterns, Mathematics, Early Literacy, and Executive Functions
AUTHORS:
Julie K. Kidd, Hao Lyu, Matthew S. Peterson, Mehreen Z. Hassan, Debbie A. Gallington, Lauren I. Strauss, Allyson B. Patterson, Robert Pasnak
KEYWORDS:
Patterning, Early Literacy, Mathematics, Executive Functions
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.10 No.13,
December
23,
2019
ABSTRACT: In the
fall, kindergartners from 21 classrooms in four urban schools were randomly
formed into trios and taught either mathematics or early literacy or social
studies, or six types of complex patterns. Measures of mathematics, early
literacy, executive functions (EF), and understanding of complex patterns were
collected in late spring. Exploratory factor analysis indicated that the early
literacy measures, one measure of inhibition, and both mathematics measures
comprised one factor. Another inhibition measure, cognitive flexibility,
working memory, patterning, and the computation mathematics measure comprised
another factor. The correlations obtained and the factor analysis distinguish
the cognitive and achievement measures and show the relations between them.