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Enhancing Kindergarten Readiness: Targeting Executive Functions, Social Environments, and Cognitive Processes

Mon, April 11, 11:45am to 1:15pm, Convention Center, Floor: Level One, Room 145 B

Session Type: Symposium

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Current national education standards include a renewed focus on the promotion of executive functions (EF) in early childhood, requiring the prioritizing of a deeper understanding of emerging EF skills. In this symposium, we explore how social interactions and co-occurring cognitive processes interact with early EF development. Specifically, our studies investigate a) the interaction of EF and early literacy development, particularly reading readiness b) the potential relationship between emerging executive function capacities and critical thinking skills, and c) the effect of mere social presence on the early development of EF. These studies suggest rather than solely targeting EF development, early education can potentially enhance children’s kindergarten readiness by targeting EF in addition to related social environments and cognitive processes.

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