Motor competence and its effect on positive developmental trajectories of health

LE Robinson, DF Stodden, LM Barnett, VP Lopes… - Sports medicine, 2015 - Springer
In 2008, Stodden and colleagues took a unique developmental approach toward addressing
the potential role of motor competence in promoting positive or negative trajectories of …

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 …

A meta‐analysis of the relationship between socioeconomic status and executive function performance among children

GM Lawson, CJ Hook, MJ Farah - Developmental science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The relationship between childhood socioeconomic status (SES) and executive function
(EF) has recently attracted attention within psychology, following reports of substantial SES …

[HTML][HTML] Fundamental motor skills, screen-time, and physical activity in preschoolers

EK Webster, CK Martin, AE Staiano - Journal of sport and health science, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose To examine the associations among preschoolers fundamental motor skills, screen-
time, physical activity (PA), and sedentary behavior (SB). Methods Children ages 3–4years …

The relationship between motor skills and cognitive skills in 4–16 year old typically developing children: A systematic review

IMJ Van der Fels, SCM Te Wierike, E Hartman… - Journal of science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives This review aims to give an overview of studies providing evidence for a
relationship between motor and cognitive skills in typically developing children. Design A …

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 …

How are motor skills linked to children's school performance and academic achievement?

CE Cameron, EA Cottone, WM Murrah… - Child Development …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Children need a range of skills to transition successfully to formal schooling. In early
childhood classrooms, children must master their fine and gross motor skills. In this article …

Developing together: The role of executive function and motor skills in children's early academic lives

MM McClelland, CE Cameron - Early childhood research quarterly, 2019 - Elsevier
A considerable body of research indicates that children's executive function (EF) skills and
related school readiness constructs are important for early learning and long-term academic …

Learning executive function and early mathematics: Directions of causal relations

DH Clements, J Sarama, C Germeroth - Early Childhood Research …, 2016 - Elsevier
Although there has been much recent attention to young children's development of
executive function and early mathematics, few studies have integrated the two. Here we …