Age, gender, developmental status, SES, and sample region do not significantly moderate the inhibitory control–mathematical ability correlation¶

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q3 i? None of the demographic moderators (age, gender, developmental status, SES, sample region) significantly moderated the correlation. → Zhu 2025

Evidence¶

Zhu 2025¶

Zhu, X., Tang, Y., Lu, J., Song, M., Yang, C., & Zhao, X. (2025). Inhibitory Control and Mathematical Ability in Elementary School Children: A Preregistered Meta-Analysis. Educational Psychology Review, 37(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09976-w

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Bivariate moderator analyses of demographic characteristics in the three-level meta-analysis found no significant moderation (all ps ≥ 0.125). Table 1 reports, e.g., mean age moderator F(1, 217) = 2.37, p = 0.125; gender F(1, 231) = 0.12, p = 0.727; developmental status F(1, 237) = 0.87, p = 0.353; SES F(2, 127) = 1.17, p = 0.315; region F(3, 231) = 0.01, p = 0.999.

"we found no significant moderation effect of age, gender, developmental status, SES and sample region, ps ≥ 0.125 (see online SM Appendix D Table S2 for detailed results)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Executive Function — moderator: an instructional effect differs with it

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