In an age of increasing technology, the possibility that ty** on a keyboard will replace
handwriting raises questions about the future usefulness of handwriting skills. Here we …

Reading is a highly complex skill that is prerequisite to success in many societies in which a
great deal of information is communicated in written form. Since the 1970s, much has been …

This research revealed both similarities and striking differences in early language
proficiency among infants from a broad range of advantaged and disadvantaged families …

The current study investigated the relations between the three cognitive processes that
comprise executive functioning (EF)—response inhibition, working memory, and cognitive …

This article presents the findings of the final phase of a 5‐year longitudinal study with 168
middle‐and upper middle‐class children in which the complex relations among early home …

The present study followed a sample of first‐grade (N= 316, Mage= 7.05 at first test) through
fourth‐grade students to evaluate dynamic developmental relations between vocabulary …

It is often hypothesized that prior knowledge strongly predicts learning performance. It can
affect learning positively mediated through some processes and negatively mediated …

This study examined developmental associations between growth in domain-general
cognitive processes (working memory and attention control) and growth in domain-specific …

This study examined code-related and oral language precursors to reading in a longitudinal
study of 626 children from preschool through 4th grade. Code-related precursors, including …

The authors examined the development of oral language and decoding skills from preschool
to early elementary school and their relation to beginning reading comprehension using a …