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McGuckian, Thomas B.; Wilson, Peter H.; Johnston, Rich D.; Rahimi-Golkhandan, Shahin; Piek, Jan; Green, Dido; Rogers, Jeffrey M.; Maruff, Paul; Steenbergen, Bert; Ruddock, Scott – Child Development, 2023
This longitudinal study modeled children's complex executive function (EF) development using the Groton Maze Learning Task (GMLT). Using a cohort-sequential design, 147 children (61 males, 5.5-11 years) were recruited from six multicultural primary schools in Melbourne and Perth, Australia. Race/ethnicity data were not available. Children were…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Executive Function, Elementary School Students
Reilly, Shannon E.; Downer, Jason T.; Grimm, Kevin J. – Developmental Science, 2022
Executive functions (EF) are key predictors of long-term success that develop rapidly in early childhood. However, EF's developmental trajectory from preschool to kindergarten is not fully understood due to conceptual ambiguity (e.g., whether it is a single construct or multiple related constructs) and methodological limitations (e.g., previous…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Stages, Executive Function, Preschool Children
Xueke Wang; Tingyong Feng – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2024
An overarching framework in the field of developmental psychology highlights the close linkage of cognition with emotion; however, the extent to which this framework supports the relationship between executive functions and emotion understanding in young children remains unclear. Hence, we employ a longitudinal tracking study to investigate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Executive Function
Moffett, Lillie; Weissman, Amanda; McCormick, Meghan; Weiland, Christina; Hsueh, JoAnn; Snow, Catherine; Sachs, Jason – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
Pre-kindergarten (Pre-K) improves the school readiness of all children, but less is known about whether associations between enrollment in Pre-K and different indicators of social-emotional and executive functioning (EF) skills are sustained as children move into and across elementary school. The current study examines associations between…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Preschool Education, Social Emotional Learning, Executive Function
Lillie Moffett; Amanda Weissman; Meghan McCormick; Christina Weiland; JoAnn Hsueh; Catherine Snow; Jason Sachs – Grantee Submission, 2023
Pre-kindergarten (Pre-K) improves the school readiness of all children, but less is known about whether associations between enrollment in Pre-K and different indicators of social-emotional and executive functioning (EF) skills are sustained as children move into and across elementary school. The current study examines associations between…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Preschool Education, Social Emotional Learning, Executive Function
Sohyun An Kim – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Working memory functions as an underlying force for school readiness, yet many autistic children have difficulties with it. Similarly, autistic children tend to start kindergarten with less school readiness compared with their peers. In addition, children from lower socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds face additional barriers in working memory…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children, Preschool Education
Lindsey Bryant – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Over two-thirds of youth participate in a structured sport, making it a vital context in which transactional relations with cognitive development can occur. Yet, little is known about how these constructs inform one another across childhood. Most previous studies have focused on health benefits of sport participation, or on demographic and family…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Executive Function, Academic Ability, Preschool Children
Kälin, Sonja; Roebers, Claudia M. – Metacognition and Learning, 2022
Pronounced developmental progression during the transition to formal schooling can be found in executive functions (EF) and metacognition (MC). However, it is still unclear whether and how EF and MC influence each other during this transition. Previous research with young children suggests that inhibition may be a prerequisite for monitoring…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Executive Function, Kindergarten, Metacognition
Monticha Uraipong; Nattika Penglee; Thananun Thanarachataphoom; Natrapee Polyai – Higher Education Studies, 2024
Executive function skills are crucial for children in the 21st century, serving as indicators of their readiness for learning. Children with well-developed executive function skills can effectively accomplish various tasks, solve problems using diverse strategies, and collaborate with others happily. This research aims to: 1. Identify the…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Child Development, Skill Development, Early Childhood Education
Costanza Ruffini; Eva Bei; Chiara Pecini – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2024
Socio-emotional school behavior and learning are both fundamental aspects of children's development influenced by cognitive control processes named Executive Functions (EF). Yet, research on school-age children has often focused on the relationship between EF and learning skills overlooking that of EF and school behavior, which has usually been…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Child Development, Grade 3, Grade 4
Wang, Yiji; Liu, Yanxi – Child Development, 2021
This study sought to elucidate the contributions of inferior executive function and social competence to the development of internalizing and externalizing problems in primary school. Children (N = 1,115), on average 5.36 years old in first grade, were followed across primary school with measures of multi-method and multi-informant. Results of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Young Children, Child Development
Efsun Birtwistle; Olga Chernikova; Miriam Wünsch; Frank Niklas – SAGE Open, 2025
We investigated the effect of cognitive training of executive functions on children's cognitive outcomes. To address this issue, a systematic meta-analysis of published research articles on cognitive training interventions was performed considering children's age, training duration, -procedure, and -technology in moderator analyses. The results (N…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Executive Function
Jane E. Hutchison – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Children who begin formal schooling with stronger executive functioning (EF) capacities are better able to adapt to a more regimented learning environment and to succeed academically. Unfortunately, children growing up in low-income households are less prepared to meet the EF demands required of more formal learning environments than their…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Early Childhood Education, Low Income Students, School Transition
Barnes, Sophie P.; Jones, Stephanie M.; Bailey, Rebecca – Developmental Science, 2023
For many years, researchers studied executive functions (EFs) in the laboratory with a focus on understanding an individual child's development and brain processes in a controlled environment. Building on this foundational research, there is a growing interest in EFs in the context of a child's dynamic, social world, and the contextual and…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Child Development, Young Children, Kindergarten
Moron, Victória Branca; Barbosa, Débora Nice Ferrari; Sanfelice, Gustavo Roese; Barbosa, Jorge Luis Victória; Leithardt, Daiana R. F.; Leithardt, Valderi Reis Quietinho – Education Sciences, 2022
Studies show that executive functions and motor development are associated with each other and with learning ability. A more technological lifestyle combined with digital culture should be considered a viable alternative to stimulate children's development. Therefore, this study aimed to present a systematic mapping of the literature involving…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Motor Development, Correlation, Video Games