A Novel Approach to Measure Executive Functions in Students: An Evaluation of Two Child-Friendly Apps.

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Autor/Urheber	Valeska Berg; Shane L. Rogers; Mark McMahon; Michael Garrett; Dominic Manley
Institution	Frontiers Media S.A.
Titel	A Novel Approach to Measure Executive Functions in Students: An Evaluation of Two Child-Friendly Apps.
Quelle	In: 1664-1078; doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01702; Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 11 (2020)(2020) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01702
Schlagwörter	executive functions; cognitive assessment; educational technology; students; classroom; cognitive functions; Psychology
Abstract	Interest in measurement of children's executive functions has shown a major increase over the past two decades. The present study evaluates two new apps (EYT and eFun) for measuring executive functions in children. The results of this study show that children (aged 5–8) enjoy executive function assessment in the form of games on an iPad. However, only one executive function, EYT working memory, showed significant positive correlations with several types of grades (e.g., English and maths) in primary school students. New, self-assessed, child-friendly executive function measurement tools have the potential to provide future possibilities for teachers to integrate information on cognitive ability into student learning plans.
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