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Early math ability predicts later academic success.
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Is it true that early math ability predicts later academic success?
Unclear. Several longitudinal studies report that early academic skills, including early math ability and math growth, predict later academic achievement, though most address general early skills or math-specific outcomes rather than early math predicting broad academic success.
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Academic achievement. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_achievement
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Ribner, A. D., Willoughby, M. T., Blair, C. B., Investigators, T. F. L. P. K., & Investigators, T. F. L. P. K. (2017). Executive Function Buffers the Association between Early Math and Later Academic Skills. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00869
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ERIC (2014). ERIC ED562825: The Groove of Growth: How Early Gains in Math Ability Influence Adolescent Achievement. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/ERIC_ED562825
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Individual differences in executive functions and theory of mind mediate the relation between academic skills from kindergarten to 5th grade. (2025). hal.science. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324547
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Colleen, U. (2018). How Parents Support Early Numeracy Development During Shared Math Storybook Reading. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.7916/D8SF4CN7
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