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Beisly, Amber; Kwon, Kyong-Ah; Jeon, Shinyoung – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
This study examined the associations of preschool children's executive function (EF) and learning behaviour (CLB) with their concurrent academic skills and the role of CLB as a mediator for the EF-academic skills link. One hundred seventy-nine children were assessed on EF and math and literacy skills. Parents and teachers completed a questionnaire…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Preschool Children, Mathematics Skills, Literacy
Tara L. Hofkens; Jessica Whittaker; Robert C. Pianta; Virginia Vitiello; Erik Ruzek; Arya Ansari – Grantee Submission, 2022
Despite research demonstrating the importance of mathematics achievement to children's educational success and trajectories, many children enter kindergarten without the foundational mathematics skills needed to succeed (Garcia & Weiss, 2015). Children's executive function (EF) skills and their learning-related behaviors (Anthony & Ogg,…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Executive Function, Mathematics Achievement
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Kercood, Suneeta; Lineweaver, Tara T.; Frank, Colleen C.; Fromm, Erik D. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2017
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between cognitive flexibility, academic skills, educational trajectories, and career goals of college students with and without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Participants completed a demographic questionnaire, objective and subjective measures of cognitive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, College Students, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Neuenschwander, Regula; Cimeli, Patrizia; Rothlisberger, Marianne; Roebers, Claudia M. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
Unique contributions of Big Five personality factors to academic performance in young elementary school children were explored. Extraversion and Openness (labeled "Culture" in our study) uniquely contributed to academic performance, over and above the contribution of executive functions in first and second grade children (N = 446). Well…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Elementary School Students, Academic Achievement, Executive Function