Table 4.
Autoregressive regression explaining reading comprehension at Grade 1 with age, gender, character reading, and listening comprehension in kindergarten controlled.
| Reading comprehension at Grade 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block and Variables | β | t | R2 | ΔR2 | |
| Block 1 | Age | -0.03 | -0.30 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Gender | 0.08 | 0.96 | |||
| Block 2 | CR_K | 0.64 | 5.99*** | 0.53 | 0.53*** |
| LC | 0.17 | 1.88 | |||
| Block 3 | EF | 0.09 | 0.85 | 0.59 | 0.06* |
| SA | 0.21 | 2.24* | 0.61 | 0.02 | |
| VSP | -0.03 | -0.25 | |||
| Block 4 | PA | 0.18 | 1.72 | ||
| MA | -0.04 | -0.48 | |||
| OA | -0.10 | -1.00 | |||
| RAN | 0.04 | 0.44 | |||
| Block 3 | PA | 0.18 | 1.72 | 0.56 | 0.03 |
| MA | -0.04 | -0.48 | 0.61 | 0.05 | |
| OA | -0.10 | -1.00 | |||
| RAN | 0.04 | 0.44 | |||
| Block 4 | EF | 0.09 | 0.85 | ||
| SA | 0.21 | 2.24* | |||
| VSP | -0.03 | -0.25 | |||
N = 82. LC, listening comprehension; 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.