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Cognitive and Academic Skills in Two Developmental Cohorts of Different Ability Level: A Mutualistic Network Perspective
Authors:
MAREVA, S., The CALM Team, HOLMES, J.
Reference:
Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 11(2):209-217
Year of publication:
2022
CBU number:
8736
Abstract:
Mutualistic theories assume that the mastering of a skill, either cognitive or academic,
supports and amplifies the development of other such abilities. The current study uses network
science to model cross-sectional associations between cognitive and academic performance in
two age-matched developmental cohorts. One cohort was a community sample, drawn from
the general school population, the other included struggling learners. The community sample
outperformed the struggling learners across all measures. Network models suggested that
although the tasks were similarly interrelated across cohorts, there were some notable
differences in association strength: academic skills were more closely coupled in the
community sample, while maths was more strongly related to cognitive skills in the struggling
learners. We demonstrate the utility of network models as an analytic framework that is
consistent with contemporary theories of learning difficulties and the nature of the relationship
between cognitive and learning skills more broadly.
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