Reducing EF demands benefits struggling learners, whereas calibrated EF challenge is hypothesised to benefit beginning learners¶
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q1 i? The review cites evidence that reducing working memory demands helps struggling learners, while proposing the opposite approach for beginning learners. → Scerif 2023
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Scerif 2023¶
Scerif, G., Blakey, E., Gattas, S., Hawes, Z., Howard, S., Merkley, R., O'Connor, R., & Simms, V. (2023). Making the Executive 'Function' for the Foundations of Mathematics: the Need for Explicit Theories of Change for Early Interventions. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09824-3
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The review cites, without detail, evidence of "the positive impact of reducing working memory demands for struggling learners", contrasting this remediation approach with its challenge-embedding proposal for novices.
"There is indeed evidence of the positive impact of reducing working memory demands for struggling learners (e.g. Gathercole & Alloway, 2008)."
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Related Claims¶
- EF training demands must keep increasing as children improve, or few gains will be seen — related
- Largest EF-training benefits emerge on the most demanding EF tasks and task conditions, so outcome measures must test the limits of children's EF abilities — related
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Reducing EF demands benefits struggling learners, whereas calibrated EF challenge is hypothesised to benefit beginning learners |
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Reducing EF demands benefits struggling learners, whereas calibrated EF challenge is hypothesised to benefit beginning learners |
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