Relations among Musical Skills, Phonological Processing, and Early Reading Ability in Preschool Children.

Anvari, Sima H.; Trainor, Laurel J.; Woodside, Jennifer; Levy, Betty Ann

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ERIC Number: EJ659812

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2002

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Relations among Musical Skills, Phonological Processing, and Early Reading Ability in Preschool Children.

Anvari, Sima H.; Trainor, Laurel J.; Woodside, Jennifer; Levy, Betty Ann

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v83 n2 p111-30 Oct 2002

Examined relations among phonological awareness, music perception skills, and early reading skills in 100 preschoolers. Found that music skills correlated significantly with both phonological awareness and reading development. Music perception skills contributed unique variance in predicting reading ability, even when variance due to phonological awareness and other cognitive abilities (mathematics, digit span, and vocabulary) had been accounted for. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Child Development, Emergent Literacy, Phonology, Predictor Variables, Preschool Children, Reading Ability, Reading Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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