Preschool Executive Control on the Shape School Task: Measurement Considerations and Utility

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-43

  Pritchard, Verena E ^a,b   Woodward, Lianne J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Van der Veer Institute New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Executive control; Neurodevelopmental correlates; Shape School task; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EMOTIONALITY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SHAPE SCHOOL TASK; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79952578513     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021095     Document Type: Article

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