Executive function and academic achievement in primary school children: The use of task-related processing speed

Rebecca Gordon; James Smith-spark; Elizabeth Newton; Lucy Henry

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00582

Executive function and academic achievement in primary school children: The use of task-related processing speed

Rebecca Gordon, James Smith-spark, Elizabeth Newton, Lucy Henry

Psychology

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Abstract

This article argues that individual differences in processing speed are important in the relationship between executive function (EF) and academic achievement in primary school children. It proposes that processing times within EF tasks can be used to predict academic attainment and aid in the development of intervention programmes.

Original language	English
Journal	Frontiers in Psychology
Volume	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00582
Publication status	Published - 23 Apr 2018

Keywords

Executive function
Processing speed
Working memory
1701 Psychology
Academic achievement

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