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Nap effects on preschool children’s learning of letter-sound mappings
- 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 (Mage = 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.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1111/cdev.13753
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- Wiley
- Journal:
- Child Development More from this journal
- Volume:
- 93
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 1145-1153
- Publication date:
- 2022-03-29
- Acceptance date:
- 2022-01-05
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1467-8624
- ISSN:
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0009-3920
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English
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1234563
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