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Play to Foster Children's Executive Function Skills: Exploring Short- and Long-Term Effects of Digital and Traditional Types of Play
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Aleksandr N. Veraksa; Nikolay N. Veresov; Vera L. Sukhikh; Margarita N. Gavrilova; Valeriya A. Plotnikova – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2024
The purpose of this study was to determine what types of play ensure stable progress in executive functions in preschoolers. Experimental design included six study groups according to the type of play: role play (Free Play group, Adult-Directed Play group, Child-Directed Play group), play with rules, digital play, and control group. All groups…
Descriptors: Play, Executive Function, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Spatial Skills Malleability of Pre-School Children
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Milkova, Eva; Pekarkova, Simona – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
The presented study focuses on children aged from 5 to 6.5 who attend Czech kindergartens. Its purpose is to explore a potential positive impact of an educational game application on malleability of children's spatial skills through the application usage. The research was conducted as a pedagogical experiment in which the pre-test and post-test…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Kindergarten, Preschool Children, Educational Games
Computerized Dynamic Testing of Children's Potential for Reasoning by Analogy: The Role of Executive Functioning
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Vogelaar, Bart; Veerbeek, Jochanan; Splinter, Suzanne E.; Resing, Wilma C. M. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2021
This study aimed to investigate children's potential for reasoning by analogy utilizing a newly-developed computerized dynamic test, and the potential differential influence of executive functions (cognitive flexibility, attention, and planning) on static and dynamic measures of analogical reasoning. Participants included 64 children (mean age =…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Executive Function, Computer Assisted Testing, Children
Supporting Children's Second-Order Recursive Thinking and Advanced ToM Abilities: A Training Study
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Bianco, Federica; Lombardi, Elisabetta; Lecce, Serena; Marchetti, Antonella; Massaro, Davide; Valle, Annalisa; Castelli, Ilaria – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2021
The present study evaluated: (1) the effects of two training programs designed for promoting Theory of Mind (ToM) skills in children aged 7/8; and (2) the relations between second-order recursive thinking (II-order-RT), advanced-ToM (Adv_ToM) and metacognition. Ninety-one 7- to 8-year-old children were assigned to one of three training conditions:…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Theory of Mind, Comparative Analysis, Teaching Methods
Impact of Language Abilities on Exact and Approximate Number Skills Development: Evidence from Children with Specific Language Impairment
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Nys, Julie; Content, Alain; Leybaert, Jacqueline – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2013
Purpose: Counting and exact arithmetic rely on language-based representations, whereas number comparison and approximate arithmetic involve approximate quantity-based representations that are available early in life, before the first stages of language acquisition. The objective of this study was to examine the impact of language abilities on the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Numbers, Skill Development, Language Skills
Middle School Girls' Science Motivation and Performance: Cognitive Effects of an Out-of-School Time Program with Nutrition and Fitness Components
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Gatz, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Middle school is a critical period in the cognitive and academic development of young women, and a time when their performance and interest in science may decline. After school programs play a key role in engaging youth in learning by providing opportunities to increase health and wellness, set goals, and strategize problem solving. Skills…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Females, After School Programs, Skill Development