Cognitive challenge, incrementally increased as children gain competence, was a feature of all the most efficacious interventions¶
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q2 i? Across all approaches reviewed, interventions classified as most efficacious uniformly increased EF and/or SR challenge incrementally as children became more familiar and capable with the activities. → Rosalyn A. Muir · Steven J. Howard · Lisa Kervin 2023
Evidence¶
Rosalyn A. Muir · Steven J. Howard · Lisa Kervin 2023¶
Rosalyn A. Muir · Steven J. Howard · Lisa Kervin. (2023). Interventions and Approaches Targeting Early Self-Regulation or Executive Functioning in Preschools: A Systematic Review. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09740-6
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The review's cross-approach reconciliation in the Discussion identifies patterns amongst studies achieving comparatively stronger efficacy. It reports that "Cognitive challenge was a feature evident in all the interventions identified as being most efficacious", with challenge increased incrementally with familiarity. This is the authors' interpretive synthesis, not a tested manipulation.
"Cognitive challenge was a feature evident in all the interventions identified as being most efficacious. Uniformly across the approaches reviewed, these interventions would increase EF and/or SR challenge incrementally as children became more familiar with and capable with the intervention activities."
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Cognitive challenge, incrementally increased as children gain competence, was a feature of all the most efficacious interventions |
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Cognitive challenge, incrementally increased as children gain competence, was a feature of all the most efficacious interventions |
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