After-school EF/VS curriculum of constructional, paper-and-pencil, and gross motor activities

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q3 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description

A non-academic after-school curriculum for K–1 children built from increasingly complex constructional tasks, tracing and motor precision "Paper and Pencil Activities", and gross motor games such as Red Light Green Light and Simon Says selected to exercise impulse control, sustained attention, and working memory. Activities were screened with four criteria including adaptability, complexity, trainability, and variety of materials, and were delivered by trained paraprofessionals to groups of four to seven children.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Instructors require training; implementers received 11 hours of additional curriculum training beyond a week-long behavior-management workshop

Constraints

• Delivered in a 45-minute block, 4 days a week, over 24 weeks of after-school programming

Target Learners

• kindergarten and first-grade children from low-income communities

Learning Goals

• executive function skills
• visuospatial skills
• classroom behavioral adjustment

Claims

• After School Intervention Improves Executive Function [+M]
• After School Intervention Improves Visuospatial Skills [+M]

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Key Sources

• Laura L. Brock, William M. Murrah, Elizabeth A. Cottone, Andrew J. Mashburn, and David W. Grissmer. (2018). An after-school intervention targeting executive function and visuospatial skills also improves classroom behavior. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 42(5), 474–484. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025417738057

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Field	Value
type	design
id	after-school-ef-vs-motor-curriculum
title	After-school EF/VS curriculum of constructional, paper-and-pencil, and gross motor activities
description	A non-academic after-school curriculum for K–1 children built from increasingly complex constructional tasks, tracing and motor precision "Paper and Pencil Activities", and gross motor games such as Red Light Green Li...
status	review
generated	by process:settle-candidates on 2026-11-02
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sources	1 — laura-l-brock-2018

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