A Novel Approach to Measure Executive Functions in Students: An Evaluation of Two Child-Friendly Apps
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 asse...
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| author | Valeska Berg Shane L. Rogers Mark McMahon Michael Garrett Michael Garrett Dominic Manley |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-755e63d59e3e442cac6529ff4cc540352022-12-21T18:53:04ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-07-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.01702549659A Novel Approach to Measure Executive Functions in Students: An Evaluation of Two Child-Friendly AppsValeska Berg0Shane L. Rogers1Mark McMahon2Michael Garrett3Michael Garrett4Dominic Manley5School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, AustraliaSchool of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, AustraliaSchool of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, AustraliaSchool of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, AustraliaCinglevue International, Perth, WA, AustraliaCinglevue International, Perth, WA, AustraliaInterest 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.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01702/fullexecutive functionscognitive assessmenteducational technologystudentsclassroomcognitive functions |
| spellingShingle | Valeska Berg Shane L. Rogers Mark McMahon Michael Garrett Michael Garrett Dominic Manley A Novel Approach to Measure Executive Functions in Students: An Evaluation of Two Child-Friendly Apps Frontiers in Psychology executive functions cognitive assessment educational technology students classroom cognitive functions |
| title | A Novel Approach to Measure Executive Functions in Students: An Evaluation of Two Child-Friendly Apps |
| title_full | A Novel Approach to Measure Executive Functions in Students: An Evaluation of Two Child-Friendly Apps |
| title_fullStr | A Novel Approach to Measure Executive Functions in Students: An Evaluation of Two Child-Friendly Apps |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Novel Approach to Measure Executive Functions in Students: An Evaluation of Two Child-Friendly Apps |
| title_short | A Novel Approach to Measure Executive Functions in Students: An Evaluation of Two Child-Friendly Apps |
| title_sort | novel approach to measure executive functions in students an evaluation of two child friendly apps |
| topic | executive functions cognitive assessment educational technology students classroom cognitive functions |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01702/full |
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