Disadvantaged children in the integrated intervention improved more on executive function measures than disadvantaged controls¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q3 · i2 medium
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Subclaims¶

q3 i2 EYPP-eligible children in the intervention group showed significantly greater gains in Corsi Blocks working-memory scores than disadvantaged controls (Hedge's g = 0.56). → Scerif 2025 q3 i2 Intervention * EYPP interactions were also significant for Mr Ant (g = 0.66) and for the latent EF variable (g = 0.57), driven by larger gains among disadvantaged intervention children. → Scerif 2025 (2)

Evidence¶

Scerif 2025¶

Scerif, G., Sučević, J., Andrews, H., Blakey, E., Gattas, S. U., Godfrey, A., et al. (2025). Enhancing children's numeracy and executive functions via their explicit integration. npj Science of Learning 10, 8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00302-9

q3 · i2 · causal · r2

Interaction effect from the cluster RCT's EF analyses; the table reports Hedge's g = 0.56 for the Corsi Blocks Intervention * EYPP interaction. The text also reports a significant main intervention effect on Corsi Blocks (g = 0.31).

"the interaction effect was driven by significantly greater changes in Corsi Blocks scores for children who were EYPP eligible in the Intervention Group (T1 = 3.68; T2 = 4.70) compared to EYPP-eligible children in the Control group (T1 = 2.58; T2 = 2.63, p = 0.020)."

Scerif 2025 (2)¶

Scerif, G., Sučević, J., Andrews, H., Blakey, E., Gattas, S. U., Godfrey, A., et al. (2025). Enhancing children's numeracy and executive functions via their explicit integration. npj Science of Learning 10, 8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00302-9

q3 · i2 · causal · r2

Latent EF factor interaction from the same RCT; the table reports Hedge's g = 0.57 (F(2,245) = 3.22, p = 0.042). A parallel significant interaction was reported for Mr Ant (g = 0.66).

"the interaction effect was driven by significantly greater change factor scores for children who were EYPP eligible in the Intervention Group (T1 = −0.38; T2 = −0.17), compared to EYPP-eligible children in the Control group, (T1 = −0.78; T2 = −0.90, p = 0.021)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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