Development of Rapid Temporal Processing and Its Impact on Literacy Skills in Primary School Children |
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| Authors: | Claudia Steinbrink Karin Zimmer Thomas Lachmann Martin Dirichs Thomas Kammer |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Kaiserslautern;2. University of Ulm;3. German Institute for International Educational Research, Frankfurt/Main |
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| Abstract: | In a longitudinal study, auditory and visual temporal order thresholds (TOTs) were investigated in primary school children (N = 236; mean age at first data point = 6;7) at the beginning of Grade 1 and the end of Grade 2 to test whether rapid temporal processing abilities predict reading and spelling at the end of Grades 1 and 2. Auditory and visual TOTs differed but showed comparable developmental trajectories over 20 months. Visual TOTs were not predictive of literacy measures; auditory TOTs in Grade 1 were the best predictor. Interestingly, they were related to spelling in Grade 2 while auditory TOTs in Grade 2 were not, suggesting that rapid auditory processing abilities have a causal influence on literacy development. |
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