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Purpura, David J.; Schmitt, Sara A.; Napoli, Amy R.; Dobbs-Oates, Jennifer; King, Yemimah A.; Hornburg, Caroline Byrd; Westerberg, Lauren; Borriello, Giulia A.; Bryant, Lindsey M.; Anaya, Laura Y.; Kung, Melody; Litkowski, Ellen; Lin, Joyce; Rolan, Emily – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2021
The goal of this study was to evaluate immediate and delayed effects of a caregiver-implemented picture book intervention to support children's mathematical language and numeracy skills. Eighty-four 3- to 5-year-olds (M[subscript age] = 4.14) were randomly assigned to intervention (n = 40) or active control (n = 44) conditions. Participants in the…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Intervention, Mathematics Skills, Preschool Children
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Parong, Jocelyn; Wells, Ashleigh; Mayer, Richard E. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2020
Executive function is the set of cognitive skills needed for goal directed behavior and is a strong predictor of academic success (Best, 2014). The present study examines the effectiveness of a custom video game designed to train the executive function skill of shifting--being able to efficiently shift attention from 1 task to another. In…
Descriptors: Replication (Evaluation), Game Based Learning, Video Games, Executive Function