Increasing Readiness to Learn: Benefits of Executive Function Training in Kindergarten Carry over to First Grade - Creative Education

CE > Vol.9 No.16, December 2018

Creative Education

Volume 9, Issue 16 (December 2018)

ISSN Print: 2151-4755 ISSN Online: 2151-4771

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Increasing Readiness to Learn: Benefits of Executive Function Training in Kindergarten Carry over to First Grade ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ce.2018.916201 1,266 Downloads 2,740 Views Citations

Author(s)

Ahmet Esat Imal^*, Bruce E. Wexler^*

Affiliation(s)

Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.

ABSTRACT

Executive Function skills such as focused attention, inhibition or self-control, and working memory in preschool and kindergarten predict reading and math achievement in elementary school and beyond. A growing body of research indicates that these skills can be improved by repetitive practice of progressively more difficult tasks that require Executive Function. We report that children who participated in an integrated program of computer presented and physical exercises to improve Executive Function when in kindergarten then entered first grade with greater attention and self-control skills than their first grade classmates who had not participated in the program.

KEYWORDS

Executive Function, Cognitive Training, School Readiness

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Imal, A. and Wexler, B. (2018) Increasing Readiness to Learn: Benefits of Executive Function Training in Kindergarten Carry over to First Grade. Creative Education, 9, 2662-2676. doi: 10.4236/ce.2018.916201.

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