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Andrew Weaver – Grantee Submission, 2023
This study explores whether teacher reports of executive functions predict change in reading performance (i.e., reading development) for elementary-aged students when controlling for direct assessments of executive functions and for teacher reports of students' literacy skills. Prior research has raised problems with the construct validity of…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Reading Achievement, Reading Skills, Elementary School Students
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Andrew Weaver – Reading Research Quarterly, 2023
This study explores whether teacher reports of executive functions predict change in reading performance (i.e., reading development) for elementary-aged students when controlling for direct assessments of executive functions and for teacher reports of students' literacy skills. Prior research has raised problems with the construct validity of…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Reading Achievement, Reading Skills, Elementary School Students
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Ansari, Arya; Gottfried, Michael A. – Child Development, 2021
Nationally representative data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Class of 2011 (n = 14,370) were used to examine the grade-level and cumulative outcomes of school absenteeism between kindergarten and fifth grade for students' school performance in the United States. Students who were more frequently absent in any year of…
Descriptors: Attendance, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2
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Garcia, Elisa B.; Sulik, Michael J.; Obradovic, Jelena – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
Teacher-report is commonly used to assess executive functions (EFs) in schools, but teachers' perceptions of EF skills may be biased by students' demographic characteristics. In this short-term longitudinal study, we assessed whether students' gender, ethnicity, and English language learner (ELL) status predicted teachers' reports of students'…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Executive Function, Gender Differences, Ethnicity
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Tate, Eleanor B.; Unger, Jennifer B.; Chou, Chih-Ping; Spruijt-Metz, Donna; Pentz, Mary Ann; Riggs, Nathaniel R. – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Objective: This study tested the relationships among child executive function (EF), child-perceived parent fast food intake, and child self-reported subsequent consumption of high-calorie, low-nutrient (HCLN) food. Design: One year and 6-month longitudinal observation from a larger randomized controlled trial. Setting. Southern California…
Descriptors: Children, Executive Function, Parent Influence, Eating Habits