8 American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences (ASRJETS) ISSN (Print) 2313-4410, ISSN (Online) 2313-4402 © Global Society of Scientific Research and Researchers http://asrjetsjournal.org/ Mediational Role of Phonological Awareness Skills in Phonological Working Memory, IQ and Reading Ability among Kindergarten Children’s Abdulhameed S. Hassan* Associate Professor , Sultan Qaboos University/Education College, Oman/Muscat/ Box 123,Pc 31 Email: abhshk@squ.edu.om, abhshk@yahoo.com Abstract The present study was designed to examine the relationship between phonological working memory, IQ and reading ability, through the mediation phonological awareness skills. Two hundred kindergarten child ren‟s (100 boys & 100 girls; age ranged between 4 and 5 years) (M age =4.38), from 23 kindergartens attached to private schools in Muscat Governorate, Oman. The Phonological awareness skills was measured with “Phonological Awareness Test- Second Edition (PAT-2)” [34], the “Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing (CTOPP- 2)” and phonological working memory [35]. The IQ was measured by Otis Lennon [36]. Mediational path analysis supported our hypothesized model. Result indicate that phonological working memory indirectly links to the reading ability of children, through phonological awareness skills, there was no direct effect of intelligence on phonological awareness, It was conclude that Memory, who have higher use more phonological awareness skills and their children show higher reading ability. Keywords: phonological awareness; phonological working memory; IQ; reading ability. 1. Introduction The kindergarten stage is one of the important stages in the child's life. It provides opportunity to acquire necessary experiences to develop the children skills and readiness for learning. Phonemic awareness skills greatly contribute to develop children ability in kindergarten to learn. Some studies proved that the child acquisition of phonemic awareness skills in kindergarten can be sound indicator of future children ability to have reading skills [e.g. 1,2,3]. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Corresponding author. brought to you by CORE View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk provided by American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences...