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Developmental Changes in Executive Functioning

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Kerry Lee *
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Rebecca Bull
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Moon‐Ho Ringo Ho
DOI:10.1111/cdev.12096delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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Although early studies of executive functioning in children supported Miyake etal.'s (2000) three-factor model, more recent findings supported a variety of undifferentiated or two-factor structures. Using a cohort-sequential design, this study examined whether there were age-related differences in the structure of executive functioning among 6- to 15-year-olds (N=688). Children were tested annually on tasks designed to measure updating and working memory, inhibition, and switch efficiency. There was substantial task-based variation in developmental patterns on the various tasks. Confirmatory factor analyses and tests for longitudinal factorial invariance showed that data from the 5- to 13-year-olds conformed to a two-factor structure. For the 15-year-olds, a well-separated three-factor structure was found.
Keywords:
WORKING-MEMORY
PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES
COGNITIVE-ABILITIES
EARLY-CHILDHOOD
CHILDREN
SCHOOL
DIFFERENTIATION
INHIBITION
MIND
INTELLIGENCE

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Child Development cover
Child Development
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national institute of education (nie) singapore
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Nanyang Technological University
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