Evaluating Early Precursors of Academic Skills: Preliminary Validation of a Touchscreen-Based Digital Assessment in Preschoolers.

Davide Apicerni, Paolo Stievano, James Dawe, Sergio Melogno, Lina Pezzuti

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Davide ApicerniDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0009-0005-4439-0148

Paolo StievanoDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.

James DaweDepartment of Humanities and Social Sciences, Universitas Mercatorum Telematic University, 00186 Rome, Italy.

Sergio MelognoFaculty of Psychology, "Niccolò Cusano" University of Rome, 00166 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0768-9192

Lina PezzutiDepartment of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5810-4185

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Early identification of cognitive precursors to literacy and numeracy is essential for promoting school readiness and preventing later learning difficulties. Digital assessment tools using touchscreen technology offer advantages of engagement, standardization, and efficiency. This study reports preliminary findings on the Digital Assessment for Preschoolers-Tool (DAP-T), a touchscreen-based battery for preschool children. A sample of 105 children (M = 61.43 months, SD = 10.38; age range = 38-72) completed eight tasks assessing visuomotor integration, literacy (letter knowledge, phonological awareness, notational awareness, Rapid Automatized Naming), and numeracy (non-symbolic quantity comparison, quantity recognition, counting, cardinality). A subsample (

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digital assessmentearly literacyearly numeracypreschool childrenpsychometric validationschool readinesstablet-based tasks

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PMID41590755

DOI10.3390/jintelligence14010004

PMCPMC12842690

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