How preschool executive functioning predicts several aspects of math achievement in Grades 1 and 3: A longitudinal study

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 38-55

  Viterbori, Paola ^a   Usai, M Carmen ^a   Traverso, Laura ^a   De Franchis, Valentina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Executive function; Inhibition; Mathematics; Preschool; School readiness; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHOOL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRITING;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHOOLS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WRITING;

EID: 84938149862     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2015.06.014     Document Type: Article

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