Making the executive 'function'for the foundations of mathematics: The need for explicit theories of change for early interventions

G Scerif, E Blakey, S Gattas, Z Hawes… - Educational Psychology …, 2023 - Springer
A vast body of work highlights executive functions (EFs) as robust correlates of mathematics
achievement over the primary and preschool years. Yet, despite such correlational …

Reconciling the context-dependency and domain-generality of executive function skills from a developmental systems perspective

PD Zelazo, SM Carlson - Journal of Cognition and Development, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Executive function (EF) skills are a set of attention-regulation skills involved in intentional,
goal-directed behavior that include (but are not limited to) the cool EF skills of working …

Executive functions, oral vocabularies, and early literacy skills mediate sociodemographic gaps in mathematics and science achievement during elementary school

PL Morgan, G Farkas, Y Oh, MM Hillemeier - Learning and Individual …, 2024 - Elsevier
We investigated whether and to what extent US kindergarten children's executive functions,
oral vocabularies, and early literacy skills mediate relations between their …

A digital intervention to support childhood cognition after the COVID-19 pandemic: a pilot trial

H Kirk, M Spencer-Smith, L Jobson, E Nicolaou… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Difficulties in executive functioning (EF) can result in impulsivity, forgetfulness, and
inattention. Children living in remote/regional communities are particularly at risk of …

Uncovering the reciprocal relationship between domain-specific and domain-general skills: Combined numerical and working memory training improves children's …

M DePascale, Y Feng, GC Lin, R Barkin… - Contemporary …, 2024 - Elsevier
The acquisition of domain-specific number knowledge and domain-general cognitive
processes, including working memory, have shown to contribute to math learning and …

General and math vocabulary contributions to early numeracy skills in a large population-representative sample

D Bleses, M Moos, DJ Purpura, PS Dale - Frontiers in Developmental …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
There are well-documented associations between numeracy development in preschool age
children and general and math vocabulary, literacy, and executive functions. However, the …

Enhancing Children's Numeracy and Executive Function Skills via Explicit Integration: A Randomized Controlled Trial

G Scerif, J Sugevic, H Andrews, E Blakey, S Gattas… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Executive functions (EF) are crucial to regulating learning and are predictors of emerging
mathematics. However, interventions that integrate to improve mathematics remain poorly …

[PDF][PDF] Roxane CHEVALIER

S MEJIAS - pepite-depot.univ-lille.fr
The 2019 Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) has revealed a decline in the
level of French students in mathematics. This is a cause for concern, as mathematics is a …

[PDF][PDF] Conseils de stimulation à destination des enseignants pour le développement des compétences mathématiques précoces

M JARRIN - pepite-depot.univ-lille.fr
Les mathématiques prenant une part importante du quotidien, les maîtriser semble être un
enjeu important pour le bien-être des individus, et ce dès le plus jeune âge. Cette revue …