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Tuesday 6 November 2018

Deficits in executive functions predict longer term difficulties in STEM

Deficits in executive functions predict longer term difficulties in STEM

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Kindergarten children who exhibit poor executive functions are at elevated risk for repeated academic difficulties across elementary school, including in mathematics and science, according to a new longitudinal study of 11,000 students attending U.S. elementary schools.

Executive functions are a set of cognitive processes that manage and regulate our goal-directed behavior. They are like the mind's "air traffic control system," helping people plan, shift their attention and organize ...

More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=296386&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click


This is an NSF News item.

Published November 06, 2018 at 12:13PM
Read more at nsf.gov

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