The unity and diversity of executive functions: A systematic review and re-analysis of latent variable studies.

JE Karr, CN Areshenkoff, P Rast, SM Hofer… - Psychological …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) has been frequently applied to executive function
measurement since first used to identify a three-factor model of inhibition, updating, and …

The potential for school-based interventions that target executive function to improve academic achievement: A review

R Jacob, J Parkinson - Review of educational research, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
This article systematically reviews what is known empirically about the association between
executive function and student achievement in both reading and math and critically …

Rethinking executive function and its development

S Doebel - Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Research on executive function in early childhood has flourished in recent years. Much of
this work is premised on a view of development of executive function as the emergence of a …

[HTML][HTML] The neurodevelopment of executive function skills: Implications for academic achievement gaps.

PD Zelazo, SM Carlson - Psychology & Neuroscience, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Introduction: Executive function (EF) skills emerge in infancy and typically become more
effective and efficient throughout childhood and adolescence and into early adulthood …

Closing the achievement gap through modification of neurocognitive and neuroendocrine function: Results from a cluster randomized controlled trial of an innovative …

C Blair, CC Raver - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Effective early education is essential for academic achievement and positive life outcomes,
particularly for children in poverty. Advances in neuroscience suggest that a focus on self …

Predictors of early growth in academic achievement: The head-toes-knees-shoulders task

MM McClelland, CE Cameron, R Duncan… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Children's behavioral self-regulation and executive function (EF; including attentional or
cognitive flexibility, working memory, and inhibitory control) are strong predictors of …

Executive functioning and mathematics achievement

R Bull, K Lee - Child Development Perspectives, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of executive functioning (EF) skills in mathematical achievement is well
established, and researchers have moved from just measuring working memory or updating …

Foundations of mathematics and literacy: The role of executive functioning components

DJ Purpura, SA Schmitt, CM Ganley - Journal of experimental child …, 2017 - Elsevier
The current study investigated the relations between the three cognitive processes that
comprise executive functioning (EF)—response inhibition, working memory, and cognitive …

Relations between inhibitory control and the development of academic skills in preschool and kindergarten: a meta-analysis.

NP Allan, LE Hume, DM Allan… - Developmental …, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
Although there is evidence that young children's inhibitory control (IC) is related to their
academic skills, the nature of this relation and the role of potential moderators of it are not …

Longitudinal associations between executive functioning and academic skills across content areas.

MW Fuhs, KT Nesbitt, DC Farran… - Developmental …, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
This study assessed 562 four-year-old children at the beginning and end of their
prekindergarten (pre-k) year and followed them to the end of kindergarten. At each time …