During the last 2 decades, major advances have been made in understanding the
development of executive functions (EFs) in early childhood. This article reviews the EF …

Executive function develops at an unprecedented rate during the preschool period, yet few
clinicians attempt to assess executive processes in young children. The primary objective of …

Although early studies of executive functioning in children supported Miyake et al.'s (2000)
three‐factor model, more recent findings supported a variety of undifferentiated or two‐factor …

This study examined age-related changes in complex executive function (EF) in a large,
representative sample (N= 2036) aged 5 to 17 using the Cognitive Assessment System …

This study examined whether measures of short-term memory, working memory, and
executive functioning in preschool children predict later proficiency in academic …

The authors examined a new assessment of behavioral regulation and contributions to
achievement and teacher-rated classroom functioning in a sample (N= 343) of …

Although many tasks have been developed recently to study executive control in the
preschool years, the constructs that underlie performance on these tasks are poorly …

In this chapter, we examine self-regulation and its role in academic development, focusing
on the transition to formal schooling. We posit that adaptive development in the school …

It has been demonstrated that executive functions play a significant role in different aspects
of the development of children. Development of language is also one of the most important …

Within the scientific literature, the construct of executive function (EF) has received a huge
increase in attention over the past three decades. Its growing popularity is reflected in the …