Table 3.
Autoregressive regression explaining Chinese character reading at Grade 1 with age, gender and character reading at kindergarten controlled.
| Chinese Character Reading at Grade 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block and Variables | β | T | R2 | ΔR2 | |
| Block 1 | Age | -0.10 | -1.24 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Gender | 0.05 | 0.65 | 0.57 | 0.56*** | |
| Block 2 | CR_K | 0.67 | 6.60*** | ||
| Block 3 | EF | -0.01 | -0.07 | 0.59 | 0.02 |
| SA | -0.05 | -0.58 | 0.64 | 0.05 | |
| VSP | 0.16 | 1.64 | |||
| Block 4 | PA | -0.10 | -1.05 | ||
| MA | 0.16 | 1.93b | |||
| OA | -0.06 | -0.60 | |||
| RAN | -0.20 | -2.10* | |||
| Block 3 | PA | -0.10 | -1.05 | 0.62 | 0.05 |
| MA | 0.16 | 1.93b | |||
| OA | -0.06 | -0.60 | |||
| RAN | -0.20 | -2.10* | |||
| Block 4 | EF | -0.01 | -0.07 | 0.64 | 0.02 |
| SA | -0.05 | -0.58 | |||
| VSP | 0.16 | 1.64 | |||
N = 82. EF, executive function; SA, sustained attention; VSP, visual spatial perception; PA, phonological awareness; MA, morphological awareness; OA, orthographical awareness; RAN, rapid automatized naming; CR_K, character reading at kindergarten. ∗∗∗p < 0.001, ∗∗p < 0.01, ∗p < 0.05, bp = 0.055.