Executive function and metacognition are higher-order cognitive processes that undergo
steady improvements throughout childhood. They are highly relevant to daily functioning in …

Recent research about the learning of science has suggested that misconceptions are not
replaced by scientific conceptions and extinguished once conceptual change has occurred …

We investigated whether and to what extent deficits in executive functions (EF) increase
kindergarten children's risk for repeated academic difficulties across elementary school. We …

Executive functions (EF), the skills required to plan, monitor and control cognitive processes,
are linked to many important educational and developmental outcomes. The Alien Game is …

Existing concepts can be a major barrier to learning new counterintuitive concepts that
contradict pre-existing experience-based beliefs or misleading perceptual cues. When …

Despite increasing emphasis in the United States on promoting student engagement and
achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, the …

The primary purpose of this study was to compare the working memory performance of
monolingual English‐speaking second‐grade children with dyslexia (N= 82) to second …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is fourfold: first, to analyse the relationship between
executive functions and academic performance; second, to identify the level of prediction …

Individual differences in executive function (EF) are key to a child's development and school
success. Few studies have investigated the family's influence on EF from a holistic …

About 1 in 20 individuals are dyslexic. This figure also applies for dyspraxia and ADHD. This
fully revised edition of David Grant's thought-provoking, insightful book develops our …