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Brock, Laura L.; Murrah, William M.; Cottone, Elizabeth A.; Mashburn, Andrew J.; Grissmer, David W. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2018
Executive function (EF) describes a complex set of skills, including flexible attention, inhibitory control, and working memory, that coordinate to achieve behavioral regulation. Visuospatial skills (VS) describe the capacity to visually perceive and understand spatial relationships among objects. Emerging research suggests VS skills are…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Intervention, Executive Function, Student Behavior
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Frei, Lukas; Schuepbach, Marianne; Nieuwenboom, Wim; von Allmen, Benjamin – International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 2016
So far, empirical evidence regarding the effects of extended education on externalizing behavior is mixed. To explore possible moderators, multilevel-analyses were conducted in a longitudinal sample of 492 students from 51 all-day schools in Switzerland. No main effects of utilization intensity, interaction quality and externalizing behavior in…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Behavior Problems, School Schedules, Peer Influence