ERIC Number: EJ1365284
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Feb
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-0143-0343
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Teacher Perceptions of Working Memory and Executive Function Improvements Following School-Day Cognitive Training
Looney, Lisa; Wong, Eugene H.; Rosales, Kevin P.; Rosales, Florissell; Tirado, Gisselle
School Psychology International, v44 n1 p48-67 Feb 2023
Considerable research has documented the impact of teacher perceptions on students' academic-related outcomes (e.g., classroom performance). This body of literature clearly shows that teacher perceptions (resulting from direct interactions with students) can have both positive and negative effects with respect to student behaviors and experiences in the classroom. What remains unclear is whether teachers perceive changes that result from interventions administered outside of their classrooms. The purpose of this study was to examine changes in teacher perceptions of working memory and executive function concerns (two important predictors of academic success) among students who participated in a computerized cognitive training program designed to enhance working memory skills. The current results indicate that teachers perceived fewer concerns following students' participation in the training; this outcome was supplemented with significant improvements in the students' working memory capabilities following the training program. These findings have important implications given the literature highlighting the relation between teacher perceptions and student outcomes as a function of a school-based computerized cognitive training intervention.
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Short Term Memory, Executive Function, Academic Achievement, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Private Schools, Cognitive Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 3; Primary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools; Grade 6
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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