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Direct linkAnn Folker; Christina Bertrand; Yelim Hong; Laurence Steinberg; Natasha Duell; Lei Chang; Laura Di Giunta; Kenneth A. Dodge; Sevtap Gurdal; Daranee Junla; Jennifer E. Lansford; Paul Oburu; Concetta Pastorelli; Ann T. Skinner; Emma Sorbring; Marc H. Bornstein; Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado; Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong; Liane Peña Alampay; Suha M. Al-Hassan; Dario Bacchini; Kirby Deater-Deckard – Developmental Science, 2025
Executive functioning (EF) is an important developing self-regulatory process that has implications for academic, social, and emotional outcomes. Most work in EF has focused on childhood, and less has examined the development of EF throughout adolescence and into emerging adulthood. The present study assessed longitudinal trajectories of EF from…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Adolescents, Young Adults, Age Differences
Frédéric Thériault-Couture; Célia Matte-Gagné; Annie Bernier – Developmental Science, 2025
Executive functions (EFs) emerge in the first years of life and are essential for many areas of child development. However, intraindividual developmental trajectories of EF during toddlerhood and their associations with ongoing development of language skills remain poorly understood. The present three-wave study examined these trajectories and…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Toddlers, Child Development, Language Acquisition
Kaëlig Raspail; Valérie Pennequin – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2025
The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between the three main executive functions (i.e., inhibition, working memory, and flexibility) and three steps of social information processing model (SIP; Crick & Dodge, 1994). Participants were 42 young people (13 years old 5 months, SD = 28 months) with mild level of intellectual…
Descriptors: Mild Intellectual Disability, Executive Function, Social Cognition, Information Processing
Sofia Kouvava; Katerina Antonopoulou; Constantinos M. Kokkinos; Asimina M. Ralli – Topics in Language Disorders, 2025
The present study explores the relationships among executive functions (EFs) (working memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility), number of friends, friendship stability and friendship quality in neurotypical (NT) children and peers with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or dyslexia. The participants were 192 children…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Friendship, Elementary School Students, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Kaylyn Van Deusen; Mark A. Prince; Madison M. Walsh; Lina R. Patel; Miranda E. Pinks; Anna J. Esbensen; Angela John Thurman; Leonard Abbeduto; Courtney Oser; Lisa A. Daunhauer; Deborah J. Fidler – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2025
Executive function (EF) is frequently an area of vulnerability in conditions associated with intellectual disability, like Down syndrome (DS). However, current EF evaluation approaches are not designed for children with underlying neurodevelopmental conditions and may not demonstrate construct validity due to interpretational confounds. The…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Down Syndrome, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Young Children
Amanallah Soltani; Deborah J. Fidler; Lina Patel; Kellie Voth; Anna J. Esbensen – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2025
This study explored how caregiver-reported executive functioning domains, assessed by the BRIEF2 at baseline, predicted behavioral challenges reported by caregivers using the CBCL six months later. The sample included 94 youth with Down syndrome, aged 6 to 18 years. Results of hierarchical regression analyses revealed that, after controlling for…
Descriptors: Youth, Children, Adolescents, Down Syndrome
Alyssa P. Lawson; Richard E. Mayer – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2024
Background: Immersive virtual reality (IVR) is a new technology that could motivate learners, but also could contain distracting elements that increase cognitive demands on learners. In contrast, learning with conventional media, such as a narrated slideshow could be less motivating, but also less distracting. Objectives: This experiment…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Individual Differences, Learning, Executive Function
Waite, Jane; Beck, Sarah R.; Powis, Laurie; Oliver, Chris – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2023
In this study, we focus on Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RTS) to explore the associations between executive function deficits and repetitive behaviors. Thirty individuals with RTS completed direct assessments of inhibition, working memory and set-shifting. Informants completed repetitive behavior and executive function questionnaires. Repetitive…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Repetition, Behavior Problems, Genetic Disorders
Kumas Özlem Altindag; Dodur Halime Miray Sümer – British Educational Research Journal, 2025
This study examined the effects of visual perception and executive function skills on the writing skills of Turkish students with learning disabilities and typically developing Turkish students. Given the unique features of the Turkish language, such as vowel harmony and articulatory structure, this research addresses a significant gap in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Visual Perception, Executive Function, Writing Skills
Ahmad Ahmadi; Susan S. Chuang; Megan McClelland; Christopher R. Gonzales; Ahmad Beh-Pajooh – Early Education and Development, 2024
"Research Findings:" Executive Function (EF) and Early Math (EM) are foundational skills for children's school success. Interventions have shown to foster these skills, but their effectiveness in less developed countries remains unknown. This study examined the initial efficacy of an eight-week EF and an EM skills program for young…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Skills
Alyssa P. Lawson; Richard E. Mayer – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2024
In multimedia learning, there is a lot of new information that learners are exposed to, making it a cognitively intensive process. Poorly-designed multimedia lessons can introduce distractions that must be dealt with by the learner. However, learners do not all share the same skill at managing incoming information or holding capacity, which could…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Executive Function, Multimedia Instruction, Attention Control
Hande Arslan Çiftçi; Gülden Uyanik; Ibrahim Hakki Acar – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
The current study endeavors to assess the impact of the Preschool Executive Functions Intervention Program (PEFIP) on children's executive functions. A quasi-experimental design was employed, encompassing both pre-test and post-test assessments within a control group, complemented by follow-up evaluations over a 5-week period. The sample comprises…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Executive Function, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
Costanza Ruffini; Eleonora Pizzigallo; Chiara Pecini; Laura Bertolo; Barbara Carretti – Reading Research Quarterly, 2025
It is acknowledged the need for interventions to improve reading comprehension and its cognitive underpinnings, such as executive functions. The present study implemented a computerized cognitive training for enhancing reading comprehension in primary school children through EF activities embedded in text comprehension exercises. 263 third and…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Computer Assisted Instruction, Training, Reading Instruction
Carolina Guedes; Tiago Ferreira; Marina Serra de Lemos; Joana Cadima – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2025
This longitudinal study explores the associations between children's executive functions at the beginning of preschool and their learning behaviors, namely competence motivation and attentional persistence, at the end of preschool. Participants were 218 Portuguese children (M[subscript age]= 40.4 months, SD= 4.2; 52% boys) and their preschool…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Preschool Children, Competence, Student Motivation
Garcia, Nelcida L.; Dick, Anthony Steven; Pruden, Shannon M. – Infant and Child Development, 2022
Identifying factors that contribute to spatial thinking is of great interest given links between spatial thinking and success in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Working memory has been found to be predictive of spatial thinking but little research has explored other components of executive function (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Spatial Ability, Young Children, Thinking Skills
