Interventions and approaches targeting early self-regulation or executive functioning in preschools: a systematic review

RA Muir, SJ Howard, L Kervin - Educational Psychology Review, 2023 - Springer
This systematic literature review sought to reconcile the evidence of efficacy for interventions
and approaches to enhancing self-regulation and/or executive function in preschool …

A systematic scoping review of pre-school self-regulation interventions from a self-determination theory perspective

N Day, F Paas, L Kervin, SJ Howard - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Self-regulation (SR) is considered foundational in early life, with robust evidence
demonstrating a link between early self-regulation and longer-term outcomes. This has been …

A deeper dive, a wider pool: Preschool benefits sustain to first grade on a broader set of outcomes

AD Johnson, A Partika, A Martin, D Horm… - Child …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The current study provides new evidence on the sustained benefits of preschool attendance
on a broader range of skills—both academic and executive functioning (EF)—than many …

[HTML][HTML] A longitudinal model of sleep problems and classroom self-regulation across elementary school

KE Williams, N Hayes, D Berthelsen, J Quach - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study explored longitudinal and bidirectional associations among behavioral sleep
problems and self-regulation difficulties across the elementary school years. Analyses drew …

Executive function and self-regulation: Bi-directional longitudinal associations and prediction of early academic skills

SJ Howard, E Vasseleu, C Neilsen-Hewett… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Despite a tendency to study executive function (EF) and self-regulation (SR) separately,
parallel lines of research suggest considerable overlap between the two abilities …

[HTML][HTML] Rhythm and movement delivered by teachers supports self-regulation skills of preschool-aged children in disadvantaged communities: A clustered RCT

KE Williams, LA Bentley, S Savage, R Eager… - Early Childhood …, 2023 - Elsevier
Self-regulation skills are an important predictor of school readiness and early school
achievement. Research identifies that experiences of early stress in disadvantaged …

Making the executive 'function'for the foundations of mathematics: The need for explicit theories of change for early interventions

G Scerif, E Blakey, S Gattas, Z Hawes… - Educational Psychology …, 2023 - Springer
A vast body of work highlights executive functions (EFs) as robust correlates of mathematics
achievement over the primary and preschool years. Yet, despite such correlational …

Preschool executive functioning and child behavior: Association with learning prerequisites?

C Ruffini, GM Marzocchi, C Pecini - Children, 2021 - mdpi.com
Preschool age is a golden period for the emergence of executive functions (EFs) that, in turn,
predict learning and adaptive behavior throughout all life. The study was aimed to identify …

Exploring the associations among Chinese kindergartners between academic achievement and behavioral, cognitive and emotional self-regulation

R Huang, Z Geng, I Siraj - Early Education and Development, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Research Findings: Self-regulation is an important determinant of children's
developmental outcomes, but little research has explored its different facets simultaneously …

Advancing educational research on children's self-regulation with observational measures

J Eberhart, AE Koepp, SJ Howard… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Self-regulation is crucial for children's development and learning. Almost by convention, it is
assumed that self-regulation is a relatively stable skill, and little is known about its dynamic …