{"pk":25803,"title":"Executive Functions and Conceptual Change in Science and Mathematics Learning","subtitle":null,"abstract":"We investigate the hypothesis that Executive Functions\n(EFs) are implicated in the learning of science and\nmathematics by examining the relation between\nperformance in two Science and Mathematics Conceptual\nUnderstanding and Conceptual Change (CU&C) tasks,\nand two Stroop-like Inhibition and Shifting EF tasks, in a\ngroup of 69 4th and 6th grader children. The results showed\nhigh correlations between accuracy performance in the\nCU&C and EF tasks even when Intelligence Ability (IA)\nand Age were partialed out. A path analytic model showed\nthat performance in the CU&C tasks could be explained\nby performance in the EF and IA tasks, which were\npositively related to each other. Further analyses showed\nthat accuracy of performance particularly in the CU&C\ntasks could be predicted by performance in the EF tasks,\nwith high or medium EF scores being a prerequisite for\nplacement in the group of high CU&C achievers.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"executive functions"},{"word":"Conceptual Change"},{"word":"Science Learning and Teaching"},{"word":"Mathematics Learning\nand Teaching"}],"section":"Papers","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4036468r","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Stella","middle_name":"","last_name":"Vosniadou","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Athens","department":""},{"first_name":"Dimitrios","middle_name":"","last_name":"Pnevmantikos","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Western Macedonia","department":""},{"first_name":"Nikos","middle_name":"","last_name":"Makris","name_suffix":"","institution":"Democritus University of Thrace","department":""},{"first_name":"Kalliopi","middle_name":"","last_name":"Ikospentaki","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Athens","department":""},{"first_name":"Despina","middle_name":"","last_name":"Lepenioti","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Athens","department":""},{"first_name":"Anna","middle_name":"","last_name":"Chountala","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Athens","department":""},{"first_name":"Giorgos","middle_name":"","last_name":"Kyrianakis","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Western Macedonia","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2015-01-01T21:00:00+03:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/25803/galley/15427/download/"}]}