ERIC Number: EJ1372715
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Jul
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-2578-4218
EISSN: EISSN-2578-4226
Modeling Associations of English Proficiency and Working Memory with Mathematics Growth
School Psychology, v37 n4 p339-354 Jul 2022
Using kindergarten up to fourth-grade data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (2010--2011 cohort), we investigated systematic variability in English language learners' (ELLs; n = 303) mathematics growth as well as relations of kindergarten language growth and working memory (WM) to ELLs' mathematics growth. Using growth mixture modeling, only one class of growth emerged from ELLs' English mathematics growth from first through fourth grades. WM related to ELLs' English mathematics growth from Grades 1 to 4, as did kindergarten growth in English early literacy. We also investigated kindergarten to Grade 4 mathematics growth between ELLs and English proficient students (EPSs; n = 4,711) using latent change score models and whether WM differentially predicted growth patterns. ELLs and EPSs did not exhibit markedly different growth patterns, and WM similarly predicted these patterns. Implications for future research as well as practical implications and limitations are discussed.
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, English Language Learners, Mathematics Achievement, Language Skills, Second Language Learning, Short Term Memory, Correlation, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Reading Skills, Cognitive Ability, Predictor Variables
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Grade 1; Grade 2; Grade 3; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey; Woodcock Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability; Rothbart Infant Behavior Questionnaire
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305B150003