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Author: Aiyer, Sophie M.
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1. Grissmer, David W.
Grimm, Kevin J.
Aiyer, Sophie M.
Murrah, William M.
Steele, Joel S.
Fine Motor Skills and Early Comprehension of the World: Two New School Readiness Indicators
Developmental Psychology 46,5 (September 2010): 1008-1017.
Also: http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/dev/46/5/1008/
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); British Cohort Study (BCS); Cross-national Analysis; Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-B, ECLS-K); Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Methods/Methodology; Motor and Social Development (MSD); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); School Entry/Readiness; Temperament

This paper extends the work of Duncan et al. (2007) that utilized six longitudinal data sets to identify the kindergarten readiness factors best predicting longer term achievement. Their results identified kindergarten math and reading readiness and attention as the primary predictors, while finding no effects from social skills, internalizing, and externalizing behavior. We incorporate motor skill measures from three of the data sets and find that fine motor skills are an additional strong predictor of later achievement. Fine motor skills and attention have similar predictive strength for math, but attention has a somewhat greater effect for reading. Evidence suggests that skills linked to attention and fine motor skills may remain the strongest developmental skills predicting later achievement.
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Grissmer, David W., Kevin J. Grimm, Sophie M. Aiyer, William M. Murrah and Joel S. Steele. "Fine Motor Skills and Early Comprehension of the World: Two New School Readiness Indicators ." Developmental Psychology 46,5 (September 2010): 1008-1017.