Nap Effects on Preschool Children's Learning of Letter-Sound Mappings

Autor/inn/en	Wang, Hua-Chen; Nation, Kate; Gaskell, M. Gareth; Robidoux, Serje; Weighall, Anna; Castles, Anne
Titel	Nap Effects on Preschool Children's Learning of Letter-Sound Mappings
Quelle	In: Child Development, 93 (2022) 4, S.1145-1153 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wang, Hua-Chen) ORCID (Nation, Kate) ORCID (Gaskell, M. Gareth) ORCID (Robidoux, Serje) ORCID (Weighall, Anna) ORCID (Castles, Anne)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.13753
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Sleep; Reading Skills; Child Development; Learning Processes; Task Analysis; Generalization; Educational Benefits; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Schlaf; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Kindesentwicklung; Learning process; Lernprozess; Aufgabenanalyse; Bildungsertrag; Australien
Abstract	This study explored whether a daytime nap aids children's acquisition of letter-sound knowledge, which is a fundamental component for learning to read. Thirty-two preschool children in Sydney, Australia (M[subscript age] = 4 years;3 months) were taught letter-sound mappings in two sessions: one followed by a nap and the other by a wakeful period. Learning was assessed by explicit letter-sound mappings ("Which sound does this letter make?") and knowledge generalization tasks ("Here's "Tav" and "Cav," which one is /kav/?"). Results from the knowledge generalization task showed better performance after a nap than after wake. However, no nap benefit was found for explicit letter-sound knowledge. This study provides initial evidence that naps could be beneficial for preschool children's learning of letter-sound mappings. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01