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Are Metacognition Interventions in Young Children Effective? Evidence from a Series of Meta-Analyses
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Direct linkJanina Eberhart; Franziska Schäfer; Donna Bryce – Metacognition and Learning, 2025
A metacognitive learner acts in a planful way, monitors their progress, flexibly adapts their strategies, and reflects on their learning. Unsurprisingly, a metacognitive approach to learning is an important predictor of children's academic performance and many attempts have been made to promote metacognition in young children. The current…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Intervention, Meta Analysis, Young Children
Niebaum, Jesse C.; Munakata, Yuko – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2023
Performance on lab assessments of executive functions predicts academic achievement and other positive life outcomes. A primary goal of research on executive functions has been to design interventions that improve outcomes like academic achievement by improving executive functions. These interventions typically involve extensive practice on…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Academic Achievement, Individual Differences, Learner Engagement
Sung, Ming-Chih; Ku, Byungmo; Leung, Willie; MacDonald, Megan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
The current meta-analysis comprehensively examined the effects of physical activity interventions on executive function among people with neurodevelopmental disorders. The meta-analysis included 34 studies with 1058 participants aged 5-33 years. Results indicated an overall significant medium effect of physical activity interventions on improving…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Intervention, Executive Function, Neurological Impairments
Download full textNazaribadie, Marzieh; Ghaleiha, Ali; Ahmadpanah, Mohammad; Mazdeh, Mehrdokht; Matinnia, Nasrin; Zarabian, Mohammad-Kazem; Ostovar, Negar – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2021
Background: The experience of cognitive deficits is common among patients with degenerative and psychiatric disorders. Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of the empirical literature of mindfulness intervention on cognitive functions. Methods: This study was conducted in June 2020 by using the scientific records were…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Metacognition, Intervention, Cognitive Processes
Burns, Matthew K. – Communique, 2016
The current national implementation of response-to-intervention frameworks has intensified the debate regarding underlying causes of student deficits and how to best assess and intervene for them. If cognitive measures are useful to intervention planning, then experimental research should be able to demonstrate that use of cognitively focused…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Response to Intervention, Outcomes of Education, Evidence Based Practice
Vugs, Brigitte; Knoors, Harry; Cuperus, Juliane; Hendriks, Marc; Verhoeven, Ludo – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2017
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a computer-based executive function (EF) training in children with specific language impairment (SLI). Ten children with SLI, ages 8 to 12 years, completed a 25-session training of visuospatial working memory, inhibition and cognitive flexibility over a 6-week period. Treatment outcome was…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Training, Pilot Projects, Foreign Countries
