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Improvements in Motor Competence Skills Are Associated with Improvements in Executive Function and Math Problem-Solving Skills in Early Childhood
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Michael Willoughby; Kesha Hudson; Yihua Hong; Amanda Wylie – Developmental Psychology, 2021
Efforts to increase moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in school-age children are associated with improved health, cognitive, and academic outcomes. However, questions remain about whether similar benefits are observed in early childhood. We hypothesized that motor competence, not MVPA, would be related to improved cognitive and…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Physical Activity Level, Executive Function, Mathematics Skills
Improvements in Motor Competence Skills Are Associated with Improvements in Executive Function and Math Problem-Solving Skills in Early Childhood
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Michael T. Willoughby; Kesha N. Hudson; Yihua Hong; Amanda A. Wylie – Grantee Submission, 2021
Efforts to increase moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in school-aged children are associated with improved health, cognitive, and academic outcomes. However, questions remain about whether similar benefits are observed in early childhood. We hypothesized that motor competence, not MVPA, would be related to improved cognitive and…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Physical Activity Level, Executive Function, Mathematics Skills
The Role of the Working Memory and Language Skills in the Prediction of Word Problem Solving in 4- to 7-Year-Old Children
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Kyttälä, Minna; Aunio, Pirjo; Lepola, Janne; Hautamäki, Jarkko – Educational Psychology, 2014
The aim of this study was to analyse the role of verbal and visuo-spatial working memory (WM) and language skills (vocabulary, listening comprehension) in predicting preschool and kindergarten-aged children's ability to solve mathematical word problems presented orally. The participants were 116 Finnish-speaking children aged 4-7?years. The…
Descriptors: Role, Short Term Memory, Foreign Countries, Visual Perception